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maturing (module 54- adulthood (middle adulthood (MENOPAUSE=a time of…

- - - - more susceptible to disease
      - brain begins to shut down and detiorate
      - body adjusts using more parts of the brain contrary to a younger person
      - exercise improves all aspects of their lives, reduces brain shrinkage
      - remember teens and twenties
      - CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY = research that compares people of different ages at the same point and time LONGITUDINAL STUDY= research that follows and retests the same people over time
      - declining loss of things is NOT normal
      - NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER= acquired marked by cognitive deficits often related to Alzheimer's disease, or substance abuse. In older adults neurocognitive disorders were formerly called dementia.
        ALZEIHMER'S DISEASE= neurocognitive disorder marked by neural plaques, often with onset after the age of 80. progressive decline in memory mostly, and other cognitive abilities
        
        with Alzheimer's your memory fades then reasoning, then emotionally flat, disoriented then incontinent finally mentally vacant= loss of brain cells and deterioration of neurons
        certain areas of the brain deteriorate when Alzheimer's will occur
  - - - marriage helps to be happier
- - - - our environment does not effect our sexuality