Older adults sometimes show reduced activation of appropriate prefrontal regions. At other times, they show the same or greater recruitment of these areas, when compared with younger adults, depending on the task they are doing. This indicates that prefrontal recruitment is
A) unpredictable.
B) impossible to measure.
C) predictable in younger adults but unpredictable in older adults.
D) context dependent.

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Older adults sometimes show reduced activation of appropriate prefrontal regions, but at other times they show the same or greater recruitment of these areas, depending on the task they are doing. This suggests that prefrontal recruitment is context dependent.

Older Adults Sometimes Show Reduced Activation of Appropriate Prefrontal Regions