exercise

Question 1

What are three things that rodent models show that aerobic exercise does to them?

Answer 1

• supports hippocampal neurogenesis and behavioral memory performance
• also supports new blood vessels and synpases in the entire brain
• decreases in brain inflammation

Question 2

What is the modulating factor leading to increase in neurogenesis in dentate gyrus?

Answer 2

exercise

Question 3

T or f: significantly less neurons are born as a result of aerobics

Answer 3

false, there are more neurons

Question 4

What were the findings in exercise, hippocampus & memory in OLDER ADULTS?

Answer 4

• participants who engaged in aerobic exercise saw increases in hippocampal volume
• increases in volume were correlated with increases in memory performance
• increases in volume correlated with increased fitness level

Question 5

What were the results in exercise, hippocampus, and memory in CHILDREN?

Answer 5

• higher-fit children had large hippocampi
• hippocampal volume correlated with relational memory performance
• ## hippocampal volume was not correlated with item memory

Question 6

What was found about YOUNG ADULTS and their exercise, hippocampus & memory?

Answer 6

• aerobic fitness level correlated with hippocampal viscoelastic measure of tissue
• hippocampal viscoelasticity correlated with relational memory performance

Question 7

What is the term for the non-invasive shear wave imaging technique for probing mechanical properties of biological tissues?

Answer 7

MRE

Question 8

What was true about dietary intake and children?

Answer 8

• better dietary intake resulted in better relational memory for 7-9 yr olds

Question 9

What are carotenoids?

Answer 9

• pigments producing the bright yellow, red, and orange color in food

Question 10

What is a type of carotenoids?

Answer 10

lutein

Question 11

What is the primary carotenoid in developing the hippocampus?

Answer 11

• lutein

Question 12

What was the result in the macular carotenoids, health, and relational memory study?

Answer 12

• higher aerobic fitness, lower body fat, and higher lutein results in fewer swap errors aka better relational memory

Question 13

Who was AJ?

Answer 13

• she has really good memory and remembers when she was a newborn
• she also organizes her memories due to a tramautizing move
• also keeps diaries from everything she experiences

Question 14

What is the name of the syndrome AJ has?

Answer 14

• hyperthymestic syndrome

Question 15

What is synesthesia?

Answer 15

a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in another

Question 16

What is the patients name that has synesthesia and can recall very detailed memories?

Answer 16

S

Question 17

What is a memory palace/ method of Loci?

Answer 17

mnemonic device or technique used to improve memory by associating information with specific physical locations or “places” that are familiar to you.

Question 18

What are super-recognizers?

Answer 18

• individuals who are exceptionally good at recognizing faces?