PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Prefrontal Cortex, Episodic Memory, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Sumarga Suanda

Document Summary

Development ii: theory of mind: an understanding that the mind produces representations of the word which guide behavior. Passing the "false belief task" - shows that development occurs in young ch allowing them to accept that different people have different beliefs. 3 year old thinks everyone shares his or her knowledge (egocentrism) 5-6 year old understands that different people have different perspectives. Temporo-parietal junction - between temporal and parietal lobes. Cognition and aging: hartshorne and germine study. Analyzed over 48,000 participants on a range of standard iq and memory te. When certain abilities "peaked" - late tees to early 20s. Decline in brain volume in several key areas starts in 20s. In young adults, brain activation is more lateralized. In adults, functions are much more bilateral (use both sides: compensation from other cognitive abilities that show less decline or even impro, we seldom need to perform at peak.