What is the best explanation for why some middle-aged people have some long-term memory loss?

a) Middle-aged people have too much information stored; therefore, it is difficult to keep it all in long-term memory.
b) Middle-aged people have too much stress in their lives, which impedes their ability to use their long-term memory capacity.
c) Middle-aged people have less efficient skills for finding and retrieving information even if the information was adequately stored in long-term memory.
d) Middle-aged people's learning genes begin to deteriorate, which leads to long-term memory loss.

Answer: c

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