
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
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In the aging brain, we will see:
a. greater specialization of the left and right hemispheres
b. increases in brain weight after 50
c. that neurons shrivel up
d. a decrease in activity in the prefrontal cortex
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