Don't study - Module 9 Flashcards

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What is cognition?

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Cognition is the process of gaining knowledge and understanding information. It includes attention, perception, learning, memory, decision making, problem solving, planning, and imagination.

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What is cognitive fitness?

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Cognitive fitness refers to an optimized state of cognition, including the ability to focus, learn, recall information, reason, solve problems, plan, and adapt to changes.

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What are some short-term aspects of brain health and cognition?

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Short-term aspects include maintaining attention while learning new information, processing and recalling information quickly, adapting to changes in the environment, and having a sense of emotional and psychological well-being.

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What are some long-term aspects of brain health and cognition?

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Long-term aspects include strong cognitive functioning in old age, capacity for lifelong learning, prevention of age-related cognitive decline, and maintaining emotional and psychological well-being.

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What are the four domains of lifestyle factors linked to cognitive function according to the DEEP framework?

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The four domains are Diet, Exercise, Education, and Purpose.

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What is the DEEP framework?

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The DEEP framework organizes modifiable factors impacting brain health and cognition into four domains: Diet, Exercise, Education, and Purpose.

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Why might activities spanning multiple domains of the DEEP framework be more beneficial?

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Activities spanning multiple domains may be more beneficial because they involve a combination of physical activity, cognitive stimulation, and social connectedness.

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What are two important considerations regarding lifestyle factors and brain health?

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(1) The effects of any one lifestyle factor in isolation are likely to be subtle, and

(2) different lifestyle factors require different amounts of time and energy to manifest noticeable changes in brain health and cognition.

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Which of the following is defined as the state of being able to effectively encode and recall information, focus on salient stimuli, plan, reason, and adapt to a changing environment?

cognitive flexibility

cognitive fitness

cognitive adaptation

executive function

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cognitive fitness

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Kempermann (2019) organized 50 lifestyle factors and activities linked to brain health into four domains. Which of the following is not one of the four domains in Kempermann’s framework?

diet

exercise

optimism

education

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optimism

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Which of the following terms is related to the long-term benefits of cognitive stimulation with respect to age-related cognitive decline and dementia?

a). hippocampal volume

b), cognitive reserve

c). resilience

d). b and c

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d). b and c

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Which of the following is not a factor linked to optimal brain health and cognition in healthy adults?

quality sleep for 10 hours per night

strong social connections

good emotional health (e.g., low levels of stress and anxiety)

good physical health (e.g., low blood sugar and low cholesterol)

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quality sleep for 10 hours per night

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How does physical exercise promote brain health?

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Physical exercise increases the expression of neurotrophic factors, facilitates neurotransmission, enhances waste product clearance, and supports healthy cerebrovasculature.

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What changes occur in brain regions associated with cognition due to regular physical exercise?

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Neuroimaging studies show that brain regions involved in attention, executive processing, and memory, such as the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, are larger in adults who engage in regular physical exercise.

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What did the systematic review of aerobic exercise studies by Duke University researchers find?

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Individuals who engaged in regular aerobic exercise exhibited improved attention, processing speed, executive function, and memory compared to those who did not.

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How does aerobic exercise affect cognitive performance in older adults?

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Aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of age-related cognitive decline and dementia and improve cognitive performance, as shown in a study with women aged 70-80 years.

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What happens to hippocampal volume with aging and dementia?

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Hippocampal volume decreases with age, and the reduction is even greater in individuals with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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What effects does physical exercise have on memory in rats?

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Physical exercise in rats is associated with improved acquisition and retention in hippocampal-dependent memory tasks, both in young adult and aged rats.

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How does aerobic fitness correlate with hippocampal volume and spatial memory?

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Higher aerobic fitness is associated with greater hippocampal volume and better performance in a spatial memory task, partially mediated by hippocampal volume.

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How does physical exercise influence emotional and mental health?

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Physical exercise is associated with reduced rates and severity of anxiety and depression, even among individuals with a genetic predisposition to depression.

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What is the relationship between physical activity and depression risk?

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Higher levels of physical activity are associated with a lower risk of depression, regardless of genetic vulnerability to depression.

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What type of physical exercise is most beneficial for brain health and cognition?

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Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise appears to be most beneficial, while low and high-intensity exercise may have smaller or even negative effects on brain health and cognition.

(moderate-intensity exercise has been linked to sustained increases in brain levels of chemicals that mediate neuron growth, survival, and plasticity, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF), as well as neuromodulators such as endorphins.)

(high intensity exercise may negatively impact brain health and cognition by increasing circulating concentrations of stress hormones that negatively impact cognition, such as cortisol.)

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Which of the following is a growth factor that is increased by moderate-intensity physical exercise?

a). brain-derived neurotrophic factor

b). nerve growth factor

c). Acetylcholine

d). both a and b

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d). both a and b

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Which of the following structural and functional changes has not been observed in learning and memory-associated neural circuits following physical exercise in young adult animals?

increased dendrite length

increased spine density

decreased spine density

increased functional connectivity

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decreased spine density

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Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently showed that daily running and walking significantly reduced the risk of developing which of the following disorders?

generalized anxiety

major depression

anhedonia

seasonal affective disorder

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major depression

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Which of the following behavioural tests was used by Vilela et al. (2016) to examine spatial memory in aging rats following exercise training?

the Barnes maze

the Morris water maze

the Hebb-Williams maze

the radial arm maze

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the Barnes maze

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What method did Alan Rechtschaffen use to study the effects of chronic sleep deprivation in rats?

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The disk-over-water method, where rats are placed on a moving disk suspended over shallow water, with one rat undergoing sleep deprivation and the other serving as a control.

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How does the disk-over-water method control for physical activity during sleep deprivation experiments?

What stressors are controlled for in the disk-over-water method?

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Both rats must walk at the same speed and for the same amount of time to avoid falling into the water whenever the platform begins to rotate, ensuring they receive the same forced physical activity.

Both rats undergo handling, surgery for EEG electrode implantation, and are placed in small enclosures suspended over water, ensuring they experience similar levels of stress during the experiment.

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What pathologies did sleep-deprived rats exhibit in Rechtschaffen’s experiments?

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Sleep-deprived rats showed ungroomed or discolored fur, skin lesions, paw swelling, motor impairments, impaired balance, temperature dysregulation, and changes in brain activity detected by EEG.

Most rats died or were euthanized because death seemed imminent after no more than 21 days of sleep deprivation.

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What functions does sleep support in the brain?

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Sleep supports neurogenesis, structural and functional neuron plasticity, neuron repair, and waste clearance.

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How does sleep facilitate the clearance of toxic proteins like β-amyloid from the brain?

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During sleep, changes in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid aid in the clearance of toxic proteins like β-amyloid from the brain.

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What did a cross-sectional study using PET imaging find regarding sleep duration and β-amyloid build-up in the brain?

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Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality were associated with greater β-amyloid build-up in the brains of adults aged 53-91 years old.

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What did a study on young adults find regarding one day of total sleep deprivation and β-amyloid build-up?

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One day of total sleep deprivation was associated with increased β-amyloid build-up in memory-associated brain regions, such as the hippocampus, in healthy young adults aged 22-27 years old.

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How does sleep influence cognitive processes like attention, memory, creativity, problem solving, and decision making?

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Sleep contributes to these cognitive processes, improving attention, memory consolidation, creativity, problem solving, and decision making.

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What were the results of Van Dongen and colleagues’ experiment on the effects of cumulative partial sleep loss on neurocognitive performance?

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Participants who were totally sleep deprived for 3 days performed the worst on the Psychomotor vigilance task and had the highest sleepiness scores.

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What brain regions show reduced activity following sleep deprivation?

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Reduced activity in cognition-associated brain regions like the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the posterior parietal cortex is associated with deficits in attention and working memory following sleep deprivation.

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What was the objective of the incentive-based behavioral intervention designed by researchers in 2018?

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The objective was to increase the percentage of undergraduate students obtaining 8 hours of sleep per night and to assess the impact of increased sleep duration on final project performance.

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Did participating in the sleep challenge negatively impact students’ project performance?

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No, participating in the sleep challenge did not negatively impact students’ project performance. Both participants and non-participants performed equally well on the final project.

Interestingly, changes in sleep duration and quality leading up to the final project deadline did appear to influence final project performance.

Conclusion: Even when preparing for stressful end-of-term assessments, students can invest into obtaining optimal amounts of high-quality sleep to improve their academic performance.

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Which of the following behavioural tests was developed by Alan Rechtschaffen to study the effects of chronic, total sleep deprivation in rats?

Barnes maze

Morris water maze

disk-over-water maze

forced swim test

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disk-over-water maze

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In the study by Van Dongen and colleagues (2003), which of the following was true about the relationship between sleep deprivation and attention?

Performance on the attention task decreased as a function of sleep deprivation

Performance on the attention task increased as a function of sleep deprivation

Only total sleep deprivation negatively impacted attention

Attention was unaffected by sleep deprivation

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Performance on the attention task decreased as a function of sleep deprivation

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Regarding “The 8‐Hour Challenge: Incentivizing Sleep during End‐of‐Term Assessments”, which of the following was not observed?

Over 80% of students participated in the sleep challenge

Students who participated in the challenge were more likely to sleep 8 hours per night

Students who had more consistent sleep performed better on their final project

Students who participated in the challenge performed better on their final project

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Students who participated in the challenge performed better on their final project