Pathological aging + article

Question 1

Parts of the brain that are affected in dementia

Answer 1

Amygdala; emotion regulation, memory for emotional events

Medial temporal lobe; hippocampus, memory consolidation

Prefrontal circuits and the cognitive functions supported by it

Question 2

Internal record

Answer 2

strongly affected in dementia.

Question 3

Sensory deficit hypothesis

Answer 3

Cognitive changes with aging attributed to changes in sensation. Task performance correlates strongly with sensory abilities. and noise also inhibits performance in young adults.

Question 4

Inhibition hypothesis

Answer 4

Hard time inhibiting strong association, In=ability ot ignore irrelevant information while focussing attention on goal relevant information

Question 5

Speed of processing model

Answer 5

Cognitive performance can suffer because the slowed mental operations cannot be carried out within necessary time frame, because increased time between mental operations can make it more difficult to access previous info.