
Published online:
22 August 2013
Published in print:
27 January 2012
Online ISBN:
9780262301336
Print ISBN:
9780262017145
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2.1 Variability in Cognitive Aging 2.1 Variability in Cognitive Aging
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2.2 Brain Plasticity 2.2 Brain Plasticity
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2.3 Individual Trajectories of Cognitive Aging 2.3 Individual Trajectories of Cognitive Aging
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2.4 Cognitive Aging Is Not Always Negative 2.4 Cognitive Aging Is Not Always Negative
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1.2 Summary 1.2 Summary
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Chapter
2 Cognitive Aging: Neither Universal nor Inevitable
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Pages
9–18
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Published:January 2012
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Greenwood, Pamela M., and Raja Parasuraman, 'Cognitive Aging: Neither Universal nor Inevitable', Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind (Cambridge, MA , 2012; online edn, MIT Press Scholarship Online, 22 Aug. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262017145.003.0002, accessed 7 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter presents studies which demonstrate that cognitive decline in old age is not inevitable. The presence of cognitive and brain plasticity in older adults is discussed along with the ability of older brains to generate new neurons. The chapter presents a study which shows that the only change a healthy aging brain shows is the shrinkage in the prefrontal cortex region. The effect of chronic health issues such as cardiovascular problems, diabetes, and hypertension on the age-related brain and cognitive change is explored. The positive impact of cognitive aging is discussed through highlighting the relationship between distractibility and creativity.
Keywords:
cognitive decline, cognitive plasticity, brain plasticity, prefrontal cortex, cognitive aging
Subject
Cognitive Psychology
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