Question 5 / 50:  Age influences specific brain functions related to emotion and reward. Which of

these is NOT true according to research studies?

A  nucleus accumbens activation in anticipation to reward is greater in adolescence than either
childhood or adulthood
B  reward-related activation in older people is like that of younger people in anticipation
of potential gain, but reduced in anticipation of potential loss
C  amygdala activation in older adults is reduced for emotionally negative scenes but not reduced
for emotionally positive scenes
D  frontal-lobe activation in older adults with successful cognitive aging is more asymmetric
than in younger adults
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Attribution:  Gabrieli, John. 9.00 Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2010. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011 (Accessed 2 Mar, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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