Terms Flashcards
What is reserve?
The overall capacity of the brain and the body to adapt to and compensate for various age-related changes
What is Resilience?
Referring to multiple reserve-related processes, focuses on
definitions and measures of cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain
maintenance
What is brain mainetenance?
Slowing down age-related brain changes and damage, influenced by genetics and lifestyle, while also recognizing that your brain can improve through experience.
Brain Reserve
The brain’s inherent resources (number of neurons and synapses) that vary among individuals, affecting how well they cope with aging or brain problems before issues arise.
Cognitive Reserve
Refers to the capacity or resilience of the brain to withstand age-related changes or neurological damage while maintaining cognitive function.
