Which statement is true about middle-aged students' performance on working memory tasks?
A) They will refuse to perform under pressured conditions.
B) They outperform younger students in both self-paced and pressured conditions.
C) They show performance declines only under pressured conditions.
D) They show performance declines only in self-paced conditions.

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Middle-aged students show performance declines only under pressured conditions on working memory tasks. This decline in performance may be due to age-related deterioration in the prefrontal cortex, which is heavily involved in working memory. However, they perform as well as, if not better than, younger students in self-paced conditions.

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