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PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD - Coggle Diagram
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
younger middle aged adults see their lives as still needing improvement
older middle aged adults are satisfied with most areas of life: social, financial, health
PHYSICAL CHANGES
ppl who are active early in life reap the benefits later in life. (use it or lose it)
behavioral and lifestyle factors dating from youth can affect physical changes
VISUAL PROBLEM
near vision, dynamic vision, sensitivity to light, visual search, speed of processing, loss of visual acuity such as presbyopia and myopia.
HEARING LOSS: PRESBYCUSIS
gradual hearing loss, affects sounds at pitches higher than speech, speeds up in the 50s.
OTHER PHYSICAL CHANGES
Sensitivity to taste, smell, touch, pain.
strength and coordination, endurance such as decrease in basal metabolism
manual dexterity, task that involve choice of response
BRAIN AT MIDLIFE
works more slowly and have more difficulty juggling multiple tasks.
physical activity can help brains healthy.
STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMIC CHANGES
skin become less taut and smooth: layer of fat becomes thinner
hair bcome thinner, sweat less as sweat glands diminish
gain weight and lose height, lower bone density
vital capacity of lungs diminishes