When Older Adults Misperceive an Object, They Are

question 50

Multiple Choice

When older adults misperceive an object, they are:

• A)more likely to show inattention blindness.
• B)less likely to show visual-auditory feedback.
• C)often forget the correction that led them to correctly identify the object.
• D)less likely to know the correct target name of the object than if they had correctly perceived initially.

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