MENTAL ACTIVITY SLIDE
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B y N u r A m a n i n a<br />
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T u a n p a h N a d a N a s u h a<br />
M E N T A L<br />
A C T I V I T Y
T H E R E A R E P H Y S I C A L B A R R I E R S T O<br />
M E N T A L A C T I V I T Y S U C H A S A G E , S E X , A N D<br />
V A R I O U S M E D I C A L C O N D I T I O N S .<br />
W H A T I S<br />
M E N T A L<br />
A C T I V I T Y ?<br />
Individual, subjective and it’s<br />
going on all the time<br />
Activity of the mind resulting<br />
in a collection of thoughts<br />
There is a physical process<br />
occurring in the brain during<br />
all mental activity
T Y P E S O F<br />
M E N T A L<br />
A C T I V I T I E S<br />
M e m o r y t a s k s a r e t a s k s<br />
t h a t t e s t a p e r s o n ’ s<br />
m e m o r y .<br />
A t t e n t i o n t a s k s t e s t a<br />
p e r s o n ’ s a b i l i t y t o a t t e n d<br />
t o i m p o r t a n t i n f o r m a t i o n<br />
a n d i g n o r e u n i m p o r t a n t<br />
i n f o r m a t i o n .<br />
I n f o r m a t i o n p r o c e s s i n g<br />
t a s k s t e s t a p e r s o n ’ s<br />
a b i l i t y t o p r o c e s s<br />
i n f o r m a t i o n .<br />
P r o b l e m s o l v i n g t e s t s a<br />
p e r s o n ’ s a b i l i t y t o s o l v e a<br />
p r o b l e m p r e s e n t e d t o t h e m
D e p r e s s i o n<br />
E F F E C T<br />
h a t h a p p e n s<br />
W<br />
h e n y o u a r e l a c k<br />
w<br />
f m e n t a l a c t i v i t y ?<br />
o<br />
C h i l d r e n w h o d o n o t r e c e i v e<br />
e n o u g h s t i m u l a t i o n i n t h e f i r s t<br />
5 y e a r s o f l i f e a r e p r e d i s p o s e d<br />
t o l e a r n i n g , a t t e n t i o n ,<br />
b e h a v i o u r a n d l a n g u a g e<br />
d i f f i c u l t i e s l a t e r i n l i f e .<br />
C h i l d r e n w i l l e x p e r i e n c e<br />
d i s a d v a n t a g e s i n t h e i r e a r l y<br />
l e a r n i n g y e a r s a n d t h r o u g h o u t<br />
t h e i r s c h o o l i n g c a r e e r .<br />
* T e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s a p p l y<br />
H i g h e r r i s k o f d e v e l o p i n g<br />
d e m e n t i a d u r i n g o l d e r a g e
I M P O R T A N C E O F<br />
M E N T A L A C T I V I T Y<br />
D e l a y i n g c o g n i t i v e d e c l i n e<br />
a n d i m p a i r m e n t<br />
C o g n i t i v e d e c l i n e i s a n a g i n g<br />
p r o c e s s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h<br />
d e m e n t i a .
O n e r e p o r t p u b l i s h e d i n t h e j o u r n a l N e u r o l o g y , f o u n d a d i r e c t<br />
l i n k b e t w e e n t h e a m o u n t o f c o g n i t i v e a c t i v i t y , s u c h a s<br />
r e a d i n g t h e n e w s p a p e r o r p l a y i n g c h e s s , a n d t h e l e v e l o f<br />
c o g n i t i v e f u n c t i o n i n t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r .<br />
A n o t h e r s t u d y , a s r e p o r t e d i n H a r v a r d H e a l t h L e t t e r , f o u n d<br />
t h a t e n g a g i n g i n m e a n i n g f u l a c t i v i t i e s s u c h a s v o l u n t e e r i n g o r<br />
a t r e a s u r e d h o b b y p r o m o t e s c o g n i t i v e h e a l t h i n o l d a g e .