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question 23

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This figure depicts the typical relation found between a person's age (in years) and his or her reaction time in a simple reaction time task (e.g., time to press a button when a light turns green) .
Figure: Age and Reaction Time
-(Figure: Age and Reaction Time) Which statement best captures what the graph depicts?

• A) Reaction time decreases throughout childhood and adolescence, becoming fastest in a person's early 20s, but after that point, reaction time slowly increases as a person continues to age.
• B) There is a linear relation between age and reaction time such that reaction time increases with increased age.
• C) Reaction time increases throughout childhood and adolescence, becoming slowest in a person's early 20s, but after that point, reaction time slowly decreases as a person continues to age.
• D) There is no relation between age and reaction time.

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