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

Which of the following are older adults more motivated to maintain?

A form of compensation from neuroscience perspective that refers to the ability to compensate for declining performance from a behavioral perspective or to the reorganization of neural circuitry is commonly referred to as _____.

Neuroscience has dedicated most of its effort to the _____.

Some studies have found prefrontal _____ to be linked to working memory performance.

Researchers now acknowledge that cognitive,social,and emotional change in older adulthood is influenced at multiple levels including both ____________________ changes in brain volume and ____________________ and functional changes of brain areas.

Dopaminergic system is associated with high-level cognitive functioning like inhibiting thoughts,_____ and planning.

Overall,age-related change seems to have more profound effect on changes in brain _____ than _____.

_____ are strategies which involve using personally relevant cues to help one remember information.

fMRI focuses on the _____ of the brain.

Research has shown brain activations when viewing faces with _____ emotional expressions.

Many age-related declines in cognitive functioning are a function of insults to the ____________________ lobes,both ____________________ and neurochemically.

Research on physical exercise in elderly mice _____ the number of newly generate neurons and improved performance.