https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung Aging Brain en-us 2020-12-03 01:49:00 UTC 2025-12-23 16:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e0.png jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982337449 Is cognitive decline inevitable?
As we grow older, some cognitive decline is inevitable. Fortunately as long as we keep a healthy lifestyle, we can possibly decrease the chances of too much cognitive decline.]]> 2020-12-03 02:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982337449 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982358638 This news article by Sara Reistad-Long says how as we get older we gradually widen focus of attention that makes it harder to remember little details. Although it can be annoying not being able to remember certain things, it’s actually beneficial in some ways. I think that the saying that older people are wiser stems from the widening focus of attention and that it’s a great advantage. “A broad attention span may enable older adults to ultimately know more about a situation and the indirect message of what’s going on than their younger peers,” Dr. Hasher said. “We believe that this characteristic may play a significant role in why we think of older people as wiser.”]]> 2020-12-03 02:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982358638 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982368055 In the book, Eagleman says how loneliness, anxiety, and depression are worse for cognition. The way we live our lives through our thoughts, or our minds has a big impact on how we think in the future. I believe fully that the way you choose to think for a certain amount of time will just eventually be the way you think forever and affect many other things in your life as well. “Negative psychological factors like loneliness, anxiety, depression, and proneness to psychological distress were related to more rapid cognitive decline”( Eagleman 31). ]]> 2020-12-03 02:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982368055 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982383285 This article points out how staying physically active can help with cognition. The article even mentions that physical activity can even help Dementia patients contain and slow down the process. There was research done on physical activity in Dementia patients; it was able to help with functional independence and improve their balance. I have always seen physical activity being a solution to most problems and benefits surpassing the problem at hand. Physical activity reduces stress and anxiety, which have a major toll on people and their mental health. “Better physical health, especially cardiovascular health, contributes to individual differences in cognitive functioning in several cognitive domains, including executive functioning and memory in general populations of older adults [19].”]]> 2020-12-03 02:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982383285 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982466003 In the article, Natasha Josefowitz mentions the common experiences humans go through once they hit certain ages. Josefowitz says as we get older we gradually widen our focus of attention, that it actually increases the amount of information available to the conscious mind. This goes into the saying, once again that older brains are wiser, and it’s because of the healthy amount of cognitive decline. Older people have a broader attention span; their peripheral awareness helps them take in more information from a situation and combine it with their greater store of knowledge, giving them a nice advantage. ]]> 2020-12-03 03:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982466003 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982498577 Lisa Genova goes into the scientific information about synapses and what's happening internally while having Alzheimers. She talks about the genes we have that increases amyloid, that would make you more at risk for it. She talks about poor sleep hygiene, smoking, poor diet and physical activity accumulating more amyloid.]]> 2020-12-03 04:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982498577 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982521002 This article talks about how people who retire early tend to experience more cognitive decline than people who retire later. The idea is that the more you keep your brain busy for longer with jobs and learning, or experiencing something new, the more likely you’re to experience a healthy amount of cognitive decline. I think that it’s very important to always keep the brain learning new things and challenging it, it only betters it. “The disuse interpretation would predict less age-related decline for people who have used their abilities continuously than for people who seldom use their abilities because, in the former case, there would have been no period of disuse.”]]> 2020-12-03 04:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982521002 jordynraysprung https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982525198 I decided to interview my grandma about how Dementia has affected her cognitive decline. My grandma told me that she doesn't remember much, but she can remember the feelings she's felt lately. I thought this was very interesting because in a way, she does remember. "I get confused about what happened 5 or 10 minutes ago, but I know what my emotional state was at."]]> 2020-12-03 04:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jordynraysprung/FA20Essay4Sprung/wish/982525198