HDFS 4413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Agnosia, Prefrontal Cortex, Amyloid
17 Oct 2016
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Explicit memory (facts and experiences: decline with advancing age, 9/11, kennedy assassination. Implicit memory (skills and routines: stable with advancing age, riding a bike, tying shoes. Source memory (where/when learned: mild decline with advancing age. Four main types of memory: decline with age linked with task complexity. Contemporary model: neuronal fallout model inability of neurons to, plasticity model neurons die but remaining ones. Change in pre-frontal cortex planning and encoding into. Delirium (does this person have delirium or dementia something that could be on. Wmh associated with increased memory complaints, sign(s), long-term memory. Increase in white matter hypertensities (wmh) develop and compensate. 50+ symptom(s: short-term state of memory impairment, stress, trauma, adverse event, anxiety, mood, could experience hallucination, progressive but reversible, typically a normative-age associated symptom. Dementia: long-term form of memory impairment, brain function/change, genetic influence, progressive but not reversible. Inability to learn new information or recall previously learned information (mandatory for diagnoses)
