Exam 2: Neuroscience As a Basis for Adult Development and Aging

Which one of the following part of the brain is preserved from aging?

functioning includes processes such as inhibitory control or the ability to control the contents of the conscious mind using working memory.

The white matter area shows deterioration with increasing age; the Neuroimaging method _____ assess the rate and direction that water diffuses through the white matter.

WMH in healthy older adults have been inked to _____ cognitive test scores and _____ executive functioning.

Research methods that focus on the age-related changes of the brain can help explain why certain _____ functioning are preserved.

Research has shown that if information has _____ significance,we will more likely remember it than information that is more _____ in nature.

The majority of evidence suggests that age-related change in _____ regions of the brain correlates with executive dysfunction and memory decline.

Compensation is the brain's response to _____.

Poor performance on executive functioning tasks has also been linked with _____ volume of the prefrontal cortex.

Well-practiced tasks,vocabulary,and wisdom can be _____ into old age.

Emotional processing areas of the brain are _____ whereas higher-order executive cognitive process seems to _____.

Research findings have shown an association between bilateral activation in older adults and _____ performance in a number of tasks,including _____ memory tasks.

To explore brain related factors that might explain age differences in cognitive functioning: a researcher may use _____ to examine how changes in brain activity occur in correspondence to changes in task demands and the type of cognitive functioning.

The overall finding is that reduced working memory performance is related to _____ activation of the anterior cingulated cortex in older adults compared to younger adults.

Older adults form Western cultures showed significantly _____ object-processing adaptation in the lateral occipital complex.

Evidence that older adults undergo ____________________ that allow them to adapt to the inevitable decline of specific areas of the brain.

Reduced brain activation or _____ of the prefrontal cortex occurs during intentional cognitive processing.

Overall,age-related change seems to have a more profound effect on changes in ____________________ functioning than ____________________.

Research has found that declines in the dopaminergic system are related to declines in _____ memory and _____ tasks.

Which approach attempts to directly link functional brain activity with cognitive behavioral data?