Potential factors that may promote successful cognitive aging
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Successful cognitive aging.
Given the rapid rate of population aging, basic science and public health efforts have increasingly focused on the determinants of successful cognitive aging. In this chapter, we review the definition and biological, psychological, and environmental determinants of cognitive health in later life. Successful cognitive aging is a multi-dimensional construct that lacks a consensus operationalized ...
متن کاملSeven Cognitive Factors that Make Learning Successful in Networked Collaboration
One of the most famous collaborations in history was between Herbert Simon, Allen Newell, and J. C. Shaw who worked together over the phone. Simon was at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and Newell and Shaw were at RAND in California. McCorduck (1979) wrote: “... Simon and Cliff Shaw seldom saw or spoke to each other. Newell carried out the middleman’s role, mostly by longdistance...
متن کاملPotential factors that may limit the effectiveness of silage additives
Introduction Various microorganisms, enzymes, nutritive and chemical compounds have been added to forages to maintain or improve the nutritive value of a crop as silage (Kung et al., 2003). As is the nature of most biological systems, there is considerable variation in the outcome of using these additives. This paper will briefly discuss some universal and specific challenges that these additiv...
متن کاملUse it or lose it: environmental enrichment as a means to promote successful cognitive aging.
Environmental enrichment has become increasingly utilized in rodent models of aging and neurodegenerative disease in order to prevent or reverse cognitive decline and neuronal dysfunction. However, the potential application of this body of work to human cognitive aging has rarely been discussed. The present article provides an overview of the rodent research that has tested the effects of envir...
متن کاملUncovering the Mechanisms Responsible for Why Language Learning May Promote Healthy Cognitive Aging
One of the great challenges facing humankind in the 21st century is preserving healthy brain function in our aging population. Individuals over 60 are the fastest growing age group in the world, and by 2050, it is estimated that the number of people over the age of 60 will triple. The typical aging process involves cognitive decline related to brain atrophy, especially in frontal brain areas an...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nursing: Research and Reviews
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2230-522X
DOI: 10.2147/nrr.s32229