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What is the impact of chronic stress on brain health?

• It enhances the ability of the brain to encode memories

• It improves visual attention and speed of mental processing

• It has no impact on brain health

• It shrinks the Hippocampus over time

What is the practice of focusing on only 1 thing called?

• Neuroplasticity

• Useful Field of View

• Meditation

• Cognitive Training

Which type of training reduces the risk of dementia across 10 years by 33%?

• Neuroplasticity

• Meditation

• Cognitive Training

What is the purpose of cognitive training? Choose all that apply.

• To enhance the ability of the brain to encode memories

• To improve visual attention and speed of mental processing

• To shrink the Hippocampus

• To prevent dementia

What does lifelong learning involve?

• Shrinking the Hippocampus

• Creating more neural connections in the brain

• The loss of synapses required to learn new information over the lifetime

• Relaxing and slowing down as one grows older

What is the building block of brain health?

• Cognitive Training

• Meditation

• The amygdala

• Neuron to neuron communication

What is the type of brain training that measures visual attention and speed of mental processing?

• Meditation

• Useful Field of View

• Cognitive Training

• Neuroplasticity

What is the impact of stress on the brain's ability to encode memories?

• It improves visual attention and speed of mental processing

• It has no impact on the brain's ability to encode memories

• It impairs the ability of the brain to encode memories

• It enhances the ability of the brain to encode memories

What does one do during meditation?

• To shrink the Hippocampus

• To reduce the risk of dementia

• To improve visual attention and speed of mental processing

• To focus on only 1 thing

What is the impact of cognitive training on dementia?

• It increases the risk of dementia

• It prevents dementia completely

• It reduces the risk of dementia across 10 years by 33%

• It has no impact on dementia