PSY100H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neurofibrillary Tangle, Semantic Memory, Episodic Memory
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18 to 40 years, middle adulthood from 40 to 65 years, and older adulthood from 65 years onward. Key pillars of healthy development throughout the life span : Menopause: terminaion of the menstrual cycle and reproducive ability, approximately at age 50, estrogen reducion. Men: experience reduced testosterone producion & decline sexual moivaion. Reduced white & grey mater of cerebral cortex & hippocampus (memory: funcional decline. Connecions to subcorical regions = leading to cogniive decline. Neurodegeneraive condiions: loss of nerve cells & nervous system funcioning, demenia. Mild to severe disrupion of mental funcioning, memory loss, disorientaion, poor judgment, and decision making: about 14% of people older than 71 years of age have demenia. Signiicant loss of both grey and white mater throughout the brain. Large buildup of beta-amyloid protein between the spaces b/w neurons: this kills nerve cells. Build up of tau proteins: maintain the structure of nerve cells, many are defecive resuling in neuroibrillary tangles.
