Cognitive Development

Neurology - 25 years old - Prefrontal cortex

• WHAT

• WHAT

Neurology - 25 years old - Prefrontal cortex

• Decision making

• Risk assessment

Neurology - 65 - 80 years old

• Brain volume WHAT

• 5% loss of WHAT - WHAT slows this

• WHAT weakens memory

• WHAT fades no WHAT

• WHAT

Neurology - 65 - 80 years old

• Brain volume DECREASES

• 5% loss of WHITE MATTER - EXERCISE slows this

• HIPPOCAMPUS weakens memory

• INHIBITION fades no FILTER

• SUNDOWNING

Intelligence

• WHAT% college and university

• Stable over WHAT

• Gradual changes WHAT

Intelligence

• 91% college and university

• Stable over SHORT-TERM

• Gradual changes LONG-TERM

What are the two types of intelligence

• WHAT

• WHAT

What are the two types of intelligence

• Fluid intelligence

• Crystallized intelligence

Early Fluid intelligence

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

early Fluid intelligence

• Peak

• Reaction time

• Processing time

• Working memory

Late fluid intelligence

• Memory WHAT

• Forgetfulness

• Absentmindedness

• WHAT load

• Processing WHAT

• Broad network activation

• More data

• WHAT helps memory

Late fluid intelligence

• Memory DECLINE

• Forgetfulness

• Absentmindedness

• COGNITIVE load

• Processing SPEED

• Broad network activation

• More data

• CAFFEINE helps memory

Crystallized intelligence

Wisedom

• Vocabulary WHAT

• Social WHAT

• WHAT intelligence

Creativity

• WHAT thinking

Crystallized intelligence

Wisedom

• Vocabulary GROWTH

• Social COMPETENCE

• PRACTICAL intelligence

Creativity

• DIVERGENT thinking

Post-formal thought - the two types of thinking

• WHAT

• WHAT

Post-formal thought

• Critical thinking

• Dialectical thinking

Dialectical thinking

• Everything is WHAT

• More than one WHAT answer

• Pragmaticism

• WHAT

• Relativism

Dialectical thinking

• Everything is NUANCED

• More than one CORRECT answer

• Pragmaticism

• PARADOX

• Relativism

Bloom’s taxonomy

• Levels of cognitive processing

• More cognitive load and work

What are Bloom’s Taxonomy levels

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

What are Bloom’s Taxonomy levels

• Remembering

• Understanding

• Applying

• Analyzing

• Evaluating

• Creating

What are the six brain diseases

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

What are the six brain diseases

• Parkinson’s

• ALS

• Alzheimer’s

• Lewy Body

• Vascular

• Frontotemporal

Parkinson’s Disease

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

Parkinson’s Disease

• Dopamine

• Substantia Nigra

• Tremors

• Balance

• Mobility

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• WHAT

• WHAT

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Motor neurons

• Brain and spinal cord

Alzheimer’s

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

Alzheimer’s

• Amyloid plaques and tangles

• Inflammation

• Hippocampus atrophy

• Memory

• Planning

• Awareness

Lewy Body

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

Lewy Body

• Protein deposits

• Dopamine and acetylcholine

• Hallucinations

• Autonomic dysfunction

Vascular

• Weakened WHAT

• WHAT destruction

• WHAT

Vascular

• Weakened BLOOD FLOW

• WHITE MATTER destruction

• STROKES

Frontotemporal

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

• WHAT

Frontotemporal

• Impulsivity

• Personality and mood

• Empathy

• Planning and decision-making

• Language comprehension