As ageing occurs, what happens to people's ability to concentrate on a task for an extended period of time? In laboratory tests, older and younger adults were presented with a series of stimuli and were required to press a key only when they saw a particular pattern. Compared to younger adults, how did older adults do on this task? Older adults ____.

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As ageing occurs, people's ability to concentrate on a task for an extended period of time decreases. In laboratory tests, compared to younger adults, older adults responded more slowly and made more errors on the task of pressing a key only when they saw a particular pattern. Therefore, the best choice is D.

As Ageing Occurs, What Happens to People's Ability to Concentrate