Apply your critical thinking skills to the accompanying research study description. Use the five critical thinking questions provided in the text as a basis for your response. What am I being asked to believe or accept?
What evidence supports this position?
Are there other ways this evidence could be interpreted?
What other evidence would I need to evaluate these alternatives?
What are the most reasonable conclusions?

A newspaper headline reads “Intellectual pursuits key to preventing Alzheimer’s disease?” The researchers scanned the brains of healthy seniors with no memory loss and asked the seniors to recall how much reading, writing, and game-playing they did when they were growing up. The researchers found that those who reported doing daily brain activities from a young age had very low levels of amyloid plaques, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The study involved fewer than 100 participants and could not account for certain factors that may have confounded the results, including socio-economic factors, diet, and overall health behaviors that might also contribute to amyloid plaque formation and Alzheimer’s risk. It also asked participants, whose average age was 76, to recall how much reading, writing, and game-playing they did when they were in elementary school, high school, and as young adults.

How is the introduction of the cane toad to queensland, australia an example of the unintended consequences of using non-native species to control pests? (site 1)

Which statement describes absolute and apparent brightness? absolute brightness and apparent brightness are identical ways to describe the brightness of a star. absolute brightness and apparent brightness change with the distance from the star to the observer. absolute brightness depends on the distance from the star to the observer, whereas apparent brightness is always the same. absolute brightness is the actual amount of light produced by the star, whereas apparent brightness changes with distance from the observer.

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