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james9437

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The overall slowdown of cognitive abilities in the weeks and months before death is known as the _____________.
 
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Older adults' use of ______ strategies, such as running through an alphabetical mental checklist when trying to remember something, worsens with age.
 
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Answer to Question 1

terminal decline

Answer to Question 2

retrieval



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