It Is Generally the Case That Most Great Scientists Have

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Multiple Choice

It is generally the case that most great scientists have their ground-breaking ideas when they are in early to middle adulthood, but rarely when they are older. What might explain this fact?

• A) The brain shrinks with age.
• B) General intelligence declines steeply after middle adulthood.
• C) Fluid intelligence peaks in middle adulthood, and then declines in later life.
• D) Crystallized intelligence peaks in middle adulthood, and then declines in later life.

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