Longitudinal research reveals
A) functioning decline in intelligence in midlife.
B) a peak in cognitive performance in the mid-thirties, followed by a steep drop.
C) that each generation scores slightly lower than the previous one on intelligence tests.
D) modest cognitive gains in midlife, sustained into the fifties and early sixties.

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Longitudinal research suggests that there are modest cognitive gains in midlife, sustained into the fifties and early sixties. There is no evidence of a functioning decline in intelligence in midlife (A), and while there may be slight variations in intelligence scores across generations, there is no evidence that each generation scores lower than the previous one (C). While there may be a peak in cognitive performance in the mid-thirties, followed by a decline for some functions, this is not a consistent pattern across all cognitive domains (B).

Longitudinal Research Reveals