NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Osteoporosis, Bone Density
29 Sep 2016
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Phase of the life span between adolescence and adulthood. Transitional period leading to adulthood : markers of transition to adulthood: Completed education or in the process of doing so. Age of parenthood is also increasing: % of mothers that are <24 years of age: Time of identity exploration: work, love, worldviews, lifestyle. The human brain does not reach full maturity until the mid-20s. Includes prefrontal cortex , which is the area associated with a set of functions termed the. Myelination: more extensive myelination of nerves in this area of the brain = more efficient signal transmission. Synaptic pruning: nerve connections are pruned back = more efficient signal transmission among remaining nerves. These changes to prefrontal cortex result in more sophisticated learning and emotion regulation. executive suite functions take less effort and thus, are more likely to happen in emerging adulthood versus adolescence. Changes by end of emerging adulthood: more complex thinking consider both present and future; abstraction.
