APSY2240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Neurofibrillary Tangle, Hayflick Limit

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY2240
• Professor: Julia Whitcavitch- Devoy

Document Summary

Possible extension of college life and prolonging emerging adulthood. Cheaper alternative for those who don"t want roommates but can"t afford to rent an apartment on their own. Free radicals are the environmental factors we interact with everyday (chemicals in the air, etc. ) As we interact with free radicals, our healthy cells repair any oxidative damage, but this lessens as we get older. All of the genes in our body have a fixed amount of replications before they can"t replicate anymore, and as a result, we physically age. Strands at the end of our dna (telomeres) shorten. Toxic and chronic stress also shortens telomeres. Parents of children with autism can shorten their life by 10 years because of the amount of stress it causes. Length of telomeres is directly related to time spent doing leisurely activities. Reducing the number of calories without being nutritionally deficient may prolong life span (proven in animals)