Question

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?

Answer 1

Older adults responded more slowly and made more errors.

Step-by-step explanation:

In most cases, attention and memory decline to some degree as adults age. Moreover, people's ability to concentrate for long periods of time similarly decreases. This is proven in this experiment. In these tests, older and younger adults were not equally effective in responding to stimuli. In fact, older adults responded more slowly and made more errors than younger ones.