Cognitive Neuroscience Has Uncovered Some Important Links Between Aging, the Brain

question 46

Multiple Choice

Cognitive neuroscience has uncovered some important links between aging, the brain, and cognitive functioning. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

• A) Younger adults have better connectivity between brain regions than older adults.
• B) Cortical thickness in the frontoparietal network predicts executive function in older adults.
• C) Older adults show greater activity in the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain on simple tasks as compared to younger adults.
• D) Patterns of neural decline with aging are more noticeable for encoding than retrieval.

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