The Research on Implicit Memory in Older Adults Shows That

question 18

Multiple Choice

The research on implicit memory in older adults shows that

• A)older adults have a slight advantage over younger adults in this area because of their greater life experience.
• B)older adults are much less accurate than younger adults in this area; in fact,the age differences are larger than on explicit memory tasks.
• C)older adults and younger adults perform fairly similarly on implicit memory tasks.
• D)the results in this area are extremely variable,depending upon the method used; some tasks reveal very large age-related differences,others reveal no differences whatsoever.

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