Sara is an 80-year-old woman showing significant declines in cognitive function. In particular, both her son's reports and neuropsychological testing indicate that Sara is having trouble making plans for her own actions, has difficulty making decisions, cannot hold numbers in her mind to do simple calculations, and has trouble switching between two tasks. Sara's neuropsychologist would identify these as signs that she has deficits in which neurocognitive domain?

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The neuropsychological testing results indicate deficits in executive function, which involves planning, decision-making, working memory, and task-switching. Therefore, C is the best choice. The other domains listed - processing, perceptual-motor, and language - are not specifically related to the symptoms described by Sara's son and the neuropsychologist.

Sara Is an 80-Year-Old Woman Showing Significant Declines in Cognitive