The Aging Mind What Changes?

Aging affects us all, and it’s important to know how our cognitive functions change over our lives. The course op... (more)

Aging affects us all, and it’s important to know how our cognitive functions change over our lives. The course opens with an examination of how fluid processing skills—such as episodic and working memory—tend to decline over time, whereas crystallized intelligence (how-to skills and accumulated knowledge) remains stable or even improves. (less)