The brain changes as we age. Explain the changes in brain activity involved in processing memories that occur with an aged brain.
What will be an ideal response?
Most measures of cognitive ability in healthy older adults remain stable. This stability might arise from modifications in brain activity that compensate for age-related declines in brain function. As people age, decreased blood flow is observed in many parts of the brain essential to memory and cognition, especially in the frontal and temporal lobes. However, the aging brain also shows areas of increased activation, which suggests that these areas of increased activity represent a reorganization of the brain that allows cognitive performance to remain stable in spite of age-related deficits in function. An older person's brain activity correlated with memory and cognition shows less localization than a younger person's brain while engaged in the same task.
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a. true b. false