1957 Seattle Longitudinal Study

The unattributed article “You Can Grow Your Intelligence,” published in Health and Science magazine, reports that new research shows scientist have discovered that a brain can get stronger and people get smarter if they learn new things and practice. The brain is compared to a muscle in that if it is exercised, it will get

In a Ted Talk video by Adriana Galván she mentions “that the brain matures and continues to do so” and “Your brain changes everyday and as you sit in this room your brain is reacting to my voice, to the person sitting next to you and your experiences ant the people you affiliate with shape the way your brain ultimately develops.” This means that although it is unsure if the brain keeps developing past the mid twenties it is a known fact that the brain constantly reacts and changes to the environment around it, which is completely different from the original belief of it over a decade ago. One example of the brains constant changes is in Romeo and Juliet when Friar Lawrence says “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (Act 2 Scene 2). Showing how quickly an adolescent mind can change because only a day ago Romeo was besotted with someone named Rosaline but eventually engaged to Juliet. Another line is from the Capulet’s Nurse who says “I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—and yet, to my teen be it spoken, I have but four—she is not fourteen. How long is it now to Lammastide?” (Act 1 Scene 3). This shows how different one can be after only a short amount of

Younger people have tended to look towards the elderly for wisdom and guidance since the beginning of recorded history and beyond. Students to teachers, children to parents, ordinary people to royalty and politicians – generally those who have lived longer are not only believed, but expected to have garnered more knowledge in their longer lives. Abraham Lincoln once said, “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Also, in 2008 the Australian newspaper published an article detailing a study undertaken by the University of Aarhus in Denmark, which disproved the theory that the mind is at its peak in the late teens to mid-twenties. But all this is not to say that older people should not sometimes listen

Cognitive aging is the term to describe changes in cognition with age. While Salthouse (2004) found that with cognitive aging comes cognitive decline regardless of the individual, Hayden and partners (2011) found that most (65%) elderly persons showed slow decline that does not substantially affect abilities, 27% experienced moderate decline, and only 8% showed substantial cognitive decline. These new findings show that in fact there may be individual variability when it comes to cognitive aging. One factor shown to affect cognitive aging is race (Glymour and Manly, 2008). Thus, in this paper we will review and analyze findings pertaining to cognitive aging as related by race to better understand this relationship and will also discuss suggestions for future research.

First of all, let’s talk about how the range of your mind shows your mental age. Try to recall how those “stubborn elders” react when they hear unknown ideas, frowning, shaking their heads and walking away? Instead of being stuck in pedantic thinking, young people are willing to receiving new information and giving themselves a chance to be convinced and educated. Take my dad, who was born in 1955 as an example— this man didn’t know what’s Internet until he was 20 years old; however, now he is

There are also cognitive changes during middle adulthood. There is a mixed pattern of positive and negative changes in cognitive abilities. Processing speed starts to decrease during this time period however crystallized thought does not decline until older age (pg. 456). Working memory begins to decline however semantic memory continues to increase as we learning throughout our older years (ph 456). Usually most memory decline is during older age and can be attributed to Alzheimer’s disease of dementia.

Seattle was my 1st home in the United States. Seattle is more about rain rather than snow. As Seattle is located on Pacific coast, there is no particular season for rain. So if you are visitor than do bring poncho or umbrella and Ziploc bag with you, you gonna need it anytime. Definitely Seattle is a costly city because its an IT hub, so plan your trip wisely or else it will cost you more than you thought.

We moved onto discussing how his memory has changed and how it has affected his life. His response really surprised us when he said, “I have a better memory than my 24 year old grandson.” He said that one thing that hasn’t changed all his life is his memory. He hasn’t had any issues with memory or memory loss. Based on his answers his crystalized and fluid intelligence seems to be in check. He also told us how he loves gardening, listening to music, watching movies, reading and so on. According to the textbook, as we get older our creativity declines but

The impact of aging said to have a great effect on the capacity of learning of the adult. (Falasca, 2011). There are several eye problems become common as they age, cognitive ability, hearing impairments and perception may not be sufficient enough to understand and grasp all the information or it could be compromised (Falasca,

I’ve noticed the older the person was, the more they got correct. My data supported my hypothesis. The data had proved that younger people has less mental flexibility compared to older people. For example, the 10 year old got 38 correct, while the 50 year old got 45 correct. Which

As age increases, we can expect some loss of heart, lung, joint, and sexual functioning. Some loss of brain cells and mental efficiency is a normal part of

Our bodies experience many changes as we age. The body can develop depending on a person’s genetic pattern of aging. Also, the choices you make in life can have a more deeper impact on your bodily changes as well. These changes can also be mental or physical. Because of the aging body, older adults may use medication to maintain the liability of their functions and abilities due to aging. Many elderly adults may be unaware of the physical changes caused by drug usage and their bodies may become tolerant to the medications. There can be ways to monitor medication with older adults. Our cognition changes as we age. We tend to react differently to certain life situations and the information that we input in our brains are in a more complex process.

Arguably, the physical and cognitive development of young adults is an issue that has always attracted the attention of many scholars including Schaie and Erikson among others. Schaie is one of the most prominent scholars who have done exhaustive research on individuals’ development. He conducted many studies on areas of intellectual functioning in adults, and from his research, he proposed his theory of stages in cognitive development in human adults. Schaie outlined these stages as the acquisition stage, young adult stage, achieving stage, responsible stage, executive stage, reorganizational stage, reintegrative stage, and legacy creating stage (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). The achieving stage is just one of the many stages proposed by Schaie in his

If you want to succeed in life, you must have a sharp memory but this depends mainly on your brain 's health. Earlier, there was a notion that those who were old might not be able to boost their brain power. But researchers have disproved this theory. It has been proved that human brain, regardless of the age of the person, has a tremendous capacity to adapt, change and improve. Researchers have named this phenomenon as "neuroplasticity." But you have to make use of the right kind of stimulation for creating fresh neural pathways in your brain and for making modifications to the existing connections. The right types of stimulation will help your brain adapt as well as react in the ways you wish.

There are countless way that the people of this world could increase their intelligence. However, it may not be easy at all to increase intelligence or even the majority of the population will not want to put in the time or effort. But wisdom does not come from age, instead the only way it is possible to gain wisdom is from actually going out and learning. If this world would put in the time and effort we could accomplish great things in the upcoming centuries or even in the next few years. “To give thinking time, to make thinking broad and adventures, to make thinking clear and careful, and to make thinking organized” (Sternberg 81). All in all, the fact that great accomplishments could be achieved in future should be enough influence to get the people of Earth inspired enough to go out and start learning.