Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2117 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Frontal Compensation
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The idea
Some older adults show increased frontal brain activity during tasks, and in them it goes with better performance, read as compensation.
In practice
Two eighty-year-olds on the same memory test, the better performer recruiting more frontal regions.
Where people slip
Older adults who perform best are more likely to use both hemispheres, suggesting the brain adapts to loss.
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