Performance of older adults on the __________ task provides evidence of difficulties they experience in inhibiting irrelevant and potentially confusing information.

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The Stroop task is a measure of cognitive control and inhibitory control, which involves inhibiting the prepotent response of reading a word and instead naming the color in which the word is written. Older adults often exhibit difficulty with inhibiting irrelevant and potentially confusing information, leading to decreased performance on the Stroop task.

Performance of Older Adults on the __________ Task Provides Evidence