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Gerontologists Specialists who study aging.
Ageism Prejudice and discrimination directed at older people.
Primary Aging Aging that involves universal and irreversible changes that, due to genetic programming, occur as people get older.
Secondary Aging Changes in physical and cognitive functioning that are due to illness, health habits, and other individual differences, but which are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable.
Osteoporosis A condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin, often brought about by a lack of estrogen in the diet.
Peripheral slowing hypothesis The theory suggesting that overall processing speed declines in the peripheral nervous system with increasing age.
Generalized slowing hypothesis The theory that processing in all parts of the nervous system, including the brain, is less efficient.
Cataracts Cloudy or opaque areas on the lens of the eye that interfere with passing light.
Intraocular lens implants A permanent plastic lens placed in the eye to restore sight after removing cataracts.
Glaucoma Pressure in the fluid of the eye increases either because the fluid cannot properly drain or too much fluid is produced.
Age related macular degeneration The most common cause of blindness in people over the age of 60.
Macula A yellowish area of the eye located near the retina at which visual perception is most acute.
Arthritis An inflammation of one or more joints, afflicts roughly half of older people. It also causes painful swelling in various parts of the body that can be disabling.
Hypertension Known as high blood pressure and present in 1/3 of older people.
Dementia The most common mental disorder of the elderly, it covers several diseases, each of which includes serious memory loss accompanied by declines in other mental functioning.
Alzheimer's disease A progressive brain disorder that produces loss of memory and confusion. Can be inherited from parents.
Beta Amyloid Precursor Protein A protein that normally helps the production and growth of neurons. When not working properly, it produces large clumps of cells that trigger inflammation and deterioration of nerve cells.
Active life spans The amount of time they (elderly) remain healthy and able to enjoy their lives.
senescence The natural physical decline brought about by aging.
Secondary aging Physical declines brought about by environmental factors or an individual's behavioral choices.
Obesity Body weight that is 20% or more above the average weight for a person of a given height.
Disability A condition that substantially limits a major life activity such as walking or vision.
Stress The physical and emotional response to events that threaten or challenge us.
Presbyopia A nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood that results in some loss of near vision.
Presbycusis Loss of the ability to hear sounds of high frequency.
Visual acuity The ability to discern fine spatial detail in both close and distant objects.
Sound localization Problems identifying the direction and origin of a sound.
Female climacteric The period that marks the transition from being able to bear children to being unable to do so.
Menopause The cessation of menstruation.
Perimenopause The period beginning around 10 years prior to menopause when hormone production begins to change. Sometimes has radical fluctuations in hormone production, resulting in some of the same symptoms found in menopause.
Male climacteric The period of physical and psychological change relating to the male reproductive system that occurs during late middle age.
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