DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADOLESCENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD
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There is no way to predict what will happen
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Sight, smell, and hearing usually begin a steep decline at age 65
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She shouldn’t expect any changes until she reaches senile dementia
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Her senses won’t change much, but her memory will decline.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some loss of taste and smell is natural with aging, especially after age 60. But other factors can contribute to loss of taste and smell, including: Nasal and sinus problems, such as allergies, sinusitis or nasal polyps. Viral infections, including the common cold and the flu.
Detailed explanation-2: -With age, bones tend to shrink in size and density, weakening them and making them more susceptible to fracture. You might even become a bit shorter. Muscles generally lose strength, endurance and flexibility-factors that can affect your coordination, stability and balance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Taste and smell go hand in hand and they both fade as we age. Taste buds decrease in size and number and your sensitivity to each of the five tastes (sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami) begins to decline. The sense of smell diminishes because there are fewer nerve endings and less mucus in your nasal cavity.
Detailed explanation-4: -With aging, nerves within the nose tend to degenerate, decreasing the ability to smell and taste. To some degree, nerve degeneration also affects the taste buds. For most people, that is less of a problem, though, because the tongue has more nerves than the nose.