Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Parietal Lobe, Stereotype Threat, Prediabetes

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

Basic cognitive functions: info processing, attention and memory: cognition: the way the mind works attention, memory, intelligence, problem- solving and the use of language (all that change with aging, and therefore ability to carry out everyday activities) Older adults tend to have more difficulty: multitasking: ability to monitor multiple input sources, disadvantages of multitasking increase in older age groups (lower quality of performance) Stroop test is a good one (names of words written in diff colours) 3: older adults have reduced performance on tasks that require high attentional demands, while stays same for low demands. ****supported by a lot of evidence: event-related potentials: measure the brains electrical activity pattern in response to stimuli. Useful field of view: ability to respond to stimuli appearing in the periphery of their vision: shown that this training in older adults can improve speeded performance, as well as focused and sustained attention.