Mice Who Received Caffeine in Their Diets Made Fewer Errors

question 75

Multiple Choice

Mice who received caffeine in their diets made fewer errors in a maze-running task than mice who had not received caffeine.What does this suggest about the use of caffeine and maze-running errors among mice

• A) They are positively correlated. 
• B) They are weakly correlated. 
• C) They are uncorrelated. 
• D) They are negatively correlated.

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