Engaging in a new creative skill such as oil painting or writing music must build on previous learning; the elderly brain lacks the ability to learn something new and complex

Physical fitness is related to our ability to carry out daily tasks without being too tired or sore.

a. true b. false

Retrograde amnesia refers to

a. lack of memory for newly learned information that is presented together with previously learned information. b. decreased memory for previously learned information that has decayed over time. c. lack of memory for events that occurred just before an injury. d. a decrease in the capacity of short-term memory. e. lack of memory for events that occur immediately following an injury.