Psyc 304 1st Edition Exam # 2 Study Guide Lectures: 7 - 11Lecture 7 (February 17th)The amygdala is critical for emotions and emotional memory.-Review the other subcortical structures such as the thalamus and the hippocampus.Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease exhibit heavy concentrations of tangles and plaques in the hippocampus.-What are other characteristics of a brain with Alzheimer’s Disease?Lecture 8 (February 19th)A vigilance task is a good example of sustained attention.-What are the other types of attention? Define them. Where do we see age differences?Consider the performance of young and older adults on short-term memory tasks. On which task will the biggest age differences be observed? Scanning Speed.-Review the other types of memory. How does performance to assess these other types of memory differ between young and old adults?Lecture 9 (February 24th)Know what thrombosis and embolism are.Working memory is absolutely necessary to perform the Digit Span Backward Test.-What other tasks are used to assess different types of memory? Where are we more likely to see the biggest age differences and why?Word stem completion tasks are often used to demonstrate implicit memory.-How does implicit memory differ from explicit memory? Are the age differences the same between them? Be sure to know how to define each of them.Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is a disease related change. Not everyone is expected to get dementia. Define dementia. What are the different types?Aerobic Exercise has been proven to improve cognitive performance in older adults. What otherlifestyle changes can lead to improved cognitive performance?Lecture 10 (February 26th)Older adults who have poor physical health, especially chronic illnesses, are most likely to exhibit poor cognitive abilities.Parkinson’s disease is sometimes seen in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.-What are the characteristics of both? Differences?The concept of plasticity in the nervous system refers to the fact that mental and physical exercise can offset age-related changes.-Define plasticity.Lecture 11 (March 3rd)Brain scans show that older adults have more of the abnormalities in the brain consisting of clumps of dying neurons known as White-Matter Hyperintensities.-What else would we expect to see in a normal aging brain compared to a “young” brain?Acetylcholine is thought to be the neurotransmitter involved in the memory loss of Alzheimer’s Disease.The condition known as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is used in cases involvingmemory loss that may progress to Alzheimer’s disease.-What does it tell us about the aging brain?According to research on flashbulb memory, older adults are able to remember distinctive historical events as well as do younger adults.-Define procedural and working memory. What is “scaffolding”? What are the implications of