Week 3 Flashcards
Cognitive health
-brain that can perform all mental processes known as cognition such as intuition, learning new things, judgement etc
Brain reserve
-passive
-depends on the structural properties of the brain
-less brain reserve = faster symptoms (alzhiemers)
Cognitive reserve
-active
-ability to use alternative functions when a default operation is inoperable
-connections and what is going on in brain
Memory that declines with age
-delayed free recall
-source memory
-prospective memory
Memory that remains stable with age
-recognition memory
-temporal order memory
-procedural memory
Fluid intelligence
-involve quick thinking, info manipulation etc
Crystallized intelligence
-tasks that tap well learned skills, language, and retrieval
Does fluid intelligence increase or decrease with age
-decrease
Does crystallized intelligence increase or decrease with age
-stays same or increases
Dementia
-umbrella term
-caused by damage to or loss of nerve cells and their connections in brain
Causes of dementia
-neurodegeneration
-which is damage and death of brain neurons
7 A’s of demetia
-anosognosia
-agnosia
-aphasia
-apraxia
-altered perception
-amnesia
-apathy
Most common form of dementia
-alzhiemers
Cause of alzhiemers
-occurs when plaques and tangles build up in the brain
Mild alzheimers
-memory loss
-wandering
-repeating questions
