At age 64, Mrs. Willis began a long mental decline. She first showed memory loss and irritability, then delusions, social withdrawal, dementia, and finally death at age 68 . An autopsy showed neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in her brain. Mrs. Willis died of ____

a. Alzheimer's disease
b. aphasia
c. epilepsy
d. ischemic stroke


a

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a) occipital; temporal b) parietal; occipital c) temporal; frontal d) temporal; parietal

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happiness _____. (a) stayed constant, stayed constant (b) stayed constant, rose steadily (c) rose steadily, stayed constant (d) rose steadily, rose steadily (e) rose steadily, diminished steadily

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a. 30 b. 50 c. 70 d. 90

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