Aging of the brain and adult development.
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Discuss the meaning of the shrinking, slowing brain and the adapting brain as they relate to adult development.
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As we age, our brain goes through some changes just as our body does. The brain can start to slow down; however, the brain still has the capabilities to adapt to new ways of learning. This solution discusses the aging brain and adult development by addressing the meaning of the shrinking, slowing brain and the adapting brain as they relate to adult development. The explanation includes 250 words and includes one reference.
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The brain goes through some changes as we age. One of these changes is the decrease in the rate of cerebral blood flow as we age from young adult to middle adult. This causes slowing in signal transmission and somewhat of a decrease in the amount of "substantia grisea", which is comprised of nerve fibers, and also sometimes called "white matter". These nerve fibers insulate the neurons "gray matter" that ...
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