Cognitive Functions
These mental functions generally remain intact in healthy older adults
What are global mental functions?
This visual change, marked by difficulty reading at close distances, typically begins during middle adulthood.
What is presbyopia?
In Erikson’s theory, this stage of early adulthood centers on forming close, intimate, and loving relationships.
What is Intimacy vs. Isolation?
This eye disease is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 60 and is considered a global health crisis.
What is age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)?
Divided attention becomes more difficult in aging due to reduced ability in this type of control
What is inhibitory control?
One in four older adults experience loss of sensation here, affecting safety and mobility.
What are the feet?
In Erikson’s theory, this stage of middle adulthood focuses on contributing to the next generation through work, family, and community involvement.
What is Generativity vs. Stagnation?
This most prevalent form of progressive dementia is marked by degenerating brain cells, steady memory decline, and eventual impairment in communication and daily personal care.
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
This type of intelligence, involving processing novel information and solving unfamiliar problems independent of prior knowledge, peaks in early adulthood.
What is fluid intelligence?
This vestibular condition common in older adults leads to balance issues and fear of falling.
What is presbyastasis?
In late adulthood, around age 65 and older, individuals reflect on their lives to find a sense of fulfillment and meaning.
What is Ego Integrity vs. Despair?
This progressive disease primarily affects movement and cognition, with slowed movements, resting tremors, and impaired postural reflexes.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
This type of intelligence, which improves through early and middle adulthood, relies on knowledge gained from experience, education, and long-term memory.
What is crystallized intelligence?
The age-related loss of muscle mass and strength due to a decrease in muscle fibers.
What is sarcopenia?
People in middle adulthood are often referred to by this term because they care for both their children and their aging parents.
What is the Sandwich Generation?
This term describes the biological process of aging.
What is senescence?
In simple working memory tasks, older adults perform similarly to younger adults but show more activity in this part of the brain, indicating they use extra resources to maintain short-term memory.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The process by which bone tissue is continuously absorbed and rebuilt.
What is bone remodeling?
The inability to engage in valued occupations as a result of an external circumstance.
What is occupational deprivation?
This fraction of age-related changes can be prevented through exercise and lifestyle changes.
What is one-third?