PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.4: Cerebral Cortex, Grey Matter, Dementia

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

Emerging adults: moving from adolescence to adulthood three main areas of personal growth in emerging adults: Matured in their ability to put effort into building lasting relationships trust others. Rely on others for support learning to be themselves with others. Enjoy to choose activities that better fit their goals and interests. Confidence to confront more serious life challenges. Physical changes happen fairly slow in adulthood. Affects women at the age of 50. Mood swings the termination of the menstrual cycle and reproductive ability. Brain reduces the volume of white and grey matter of the cerebral cortex and memory processing in hippocampus. Dementia loss of nerve cells and nervous system functioning. Mild to severe disruption of mental functioning, memory loss, disorientation, poor judgement, and decision making. 14% of people older than 71 have it . A degenerative and terminal condition resulting in severe damage of the entire brain.