Assignment :Cognition
You will be learning about and discussing how cognition changes as one ages. Unfortunately, starting as early as age 60, the brain starts to atrophy and the aging individual shows signs of cognitive decline, however, there are still many areas of neurological functioning that continue to work efficiently. Find out if "brain exercises" really can help with slowing down the cognitive declines.
Reading
You have to read both chapters, but in Chapter (Memory and Basic Cognition) & Chapter (focus on Intelligence, Problem Solving, and Moral Reasoning)
Review the Aging brain video
Cognition:
This is what you have to do after reading both chapters and warched the video.
You learned about how one's cognitive functioning changes as one ages. Thinking about memory, Intelligence, problem solving, and moral reasoning, in particular, what factors, besides age, do you think also affects these cognitive functions? Think about such factors as individual, cultural, environmental, socio-economic... factors. Explain and support your suppositions.
Response should be 2 pages.