PSYC 310

True or False: data on cognitive aging and cognition is universal and diverse

• false

• true

What is cognitive hardware/mechanics?

• speed, working memory, inhibition

• inhibition

• working memory & inhibition

• speed, working memory, problem-solving

What neuroimaging technique is talked about throughout the paper?

• PET Scan

• Magnetoencephalography

• fMRI

• CT Scan

True or False: behavioral evidence suggests that age impacts cognitive mechanics more than culture does

• true

• false

Interactions between the frontal and medial temporal cortex play a role in

• memory retrieval

• memory retrieval, storage, inhibition

• memory retrieval, storage, encoding

• storage & encoding

True or False: the aging brain can be active in the same region for both hemispheres

• true

• false

True or False: neural activation is distributed across more brain sites and structures in older adults compared to young

• true

• false

Differences in pragmatics between young adults will ____ as they age and gain more knowledge about their culture

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate based on multiple perspectives

True or False: differences in mechanics across cultures will increase with age

• true

• false