The major theoretical approach reviewed above focuses on age-related changes in brain function and is typically labeled the frontal lobe theory of aging (Buckner, 2004; Raz, 2000; West, 1996). This theoretical approach suggests that the many age-related declines in cognitive functioning are a function of insults to the frontal lobes, both structurally and neurochemically. Functional […]
День: 03.09.2015
EPISTEMOLOGY, FEMINISM AND CULTURAL THEORY
The 1980s and 1990s saw the debate around the establishment of a feminist epistemology come under a numb er of pressures from within and outside feminism. The ‘totalising’ tendencies of earlier feminist theorising was challenged from within feminism by marginalised, colonised and indigenous women, who objected to feminist theories which failed to address their problems. […]
Genre, taste and discursive regulation
The structure of this book is based around genres, with each chapter focused on a single or closely related group of generic categories within which specific issues around sexual representation are explored. Indeed, it is a central assumption of my approach that genres are a key form of discursive regulation of sexual representation on television. […]
Age-Related Changes in Brain Activity
We have just reviewed the literature addressing structural and neurochemical changes in the brain as we grow older and how deteriorative structural changes relate to decreases in cognitive functioning. We now explore other brain — related factors that might explain age differences in cognitive functioning: age-related changes in brain activity. Functional imaging (e. g., fMRI) […]
Age-Related Changes in Neurochemical Properties
Advances have also been made in techniques measuring neurochemical changes in the aging brain, particularly in studies examining the role of brain dopamine (DA), a neurotransmitter substance that sends messages throughout the brain, in performance on various cognitive tasks (Backman, Nybert, Lindenberger, Li, & Farde, 2006). First, it is important to note that the dopaminergic […]
Influence power
The Catholic church is often quoted as acknowledging, "Give us a child the first five years and we will shape its life." We acknowledge the influence power of the church over its youth; we often ignore the influence power of a mother over her children — including her sons. But it is the mother who […]
SURFACE ACTING
To show through surface acting the feelings of a Hamlet or an Ophelia, the actor operates countless muscles that make up an outward gesture. The body, not the soul, is the main tool of the trade. The actor’s body evokes passion in the audience’s soul, but the actor is only acting as if he had […]
Introduction
“What do you think family life will look like in fifty years?” was a question I posed to the Berkeley Family Forum, a book club of academics whose leisure time was spent doing what they were normally paid to do on the job. That evening we were dissecting Stephanie Coontz’s provocative work on the history […]
Introduction
“What do you think family life will look like in fifty years?” was a question I posed to the Berkeley Family Forum, a book club of academics whose leisure time was spent doing what they were normally paid to do on the job. That evening we were dissecting Stephanie Coontz’s provocative work on the history […]
Changing gender relations
Does war change gender relations? Does it provide opportunities for improvements in women’s status? There have been both setbacks and gains for women. They have borne the brunt of the stress on marriage and the family that the Somalia conflict has engendered. Exploring how conflict has affected the institution of marriage, Halimo Elmi points out […]