How Is Neurological Development Related to Working Memory in Adolescence

question 59

Multiple Choice

How is neurological development related to working memory in adolescence?

• A) With the continuing neurological development, adolescents are better able to use the executive function in working memory.
• B) With the continuing neurological development, adolescents are better able to store information indefinitely in working memory.
• C) With the continuing neurological development, adolescents decrease the amount of information that they process in working memory.
• D) With the continuing neurological development, adolescents decrease the attention they pay to information as it goes through working memory.

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