Examples of cognitive flexibility in the following topics:
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- Dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex – Important
for executive functions, including working
memory, cognitive flexibility, and abstract reasoning.
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- It may also be involved in some cognitive functions such as attention and language, and in regulating fear and pleasure responses, but its movement-related functions are the most solidly established.
- This arrangement gives
tremendous flexibility for fine-tuning the relationship between the cerebellar
inputs and outputs.
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- There are two main types of cystoscopy (flexible and rigid), and they differ in the flexibility of the cystoscope.
- Flexible cystoscopy is carried out with local anaesthesia on both males and females.
- Some cystoscopes use optical fibres (flexible glass fibres) that carry an image from the tip of the instrument to a viewing piece at the other end.
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- The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and range of motion.
- Increasing flexibility through stretching is one of the basic tenets of physical fitness.
- Yoga involves the stretching of major muscle groups, some of which require a high level of flexibility to perform, for example the lotus position.
- Some people are more flexible than others as defined by individual body flexibility score; this includes gender differences—females are generally more flexible than males.
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- Disuse, causing decrease in synovial fluid, flexibility of ligaments and tendons, and muscle atrophy
- Aging is another factor that influences motion due to decreased fluid, thinning of cartilage, shortening of ligaments, and loss of flexibility.
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- Cartilage is an avascular, flexible connective tissue located throughout the body that provides support and cushioning for adjacent tissues.
- Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue that differs from bone in several ways.
- It owes its flexibility and toughness to the fibrous tissue, and its elasticity to the cartilaginous tissue.
- They give elastic cartilage great flexibility so it can withstand repeated bending.
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- These bones, joined by the interosseous membrane, allow primates to move more adaptively and flexibly in their environments than would otherwise be the case if the bones were fused.
- The strong but flexible membrane allows impacts to either bone to be absorbed and distributed, limiting the risks of fractures and other damages.
- It is involved in the elbow joint and helps to stabilize the lower arm bones for strength, durability, and flexibility.
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- Dementia (from Latin de- "apart, away" + mens (genitive mentis) "mind") is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging.
- Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration together with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes .
- As the disorder progresses, cognitive (intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements (apraxia), recognition (agnosia), and those functions (such as decision-making and planning) closely related to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain as they become disconnected from the limbic system, reflecting extension of the underlying pathological process.
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- Hippocampus: Required for the formation of long-term memories and implicated in maintenance of cognitive maps for navigation.
- Cingulate gyrus: Conducts autonomic functions regulating heart rate, blood pressure, and cognitive and attentional processing
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- When articulated together the vertebrae
form a strong yet flexible structure that encloses the vertebral foramen, or
opening, where the spinal cord sits.
- The strength and flexibility of this
structure is generated by the structure of the individual vertebrae.