lewy body dementia: the under
... reports revealed that LBD’s most common presenting symptoms are memory impairment (57 percent), visual hallucinations (44 percent), depression (34 percent), difficulties with problem solving (33 percent), difficulty with gait (28 percent), and tremor/stiffness (25 percent). In contrast, almost all ( ...
... reports revealed that LBD’s most common presenting symptoms are memory impairment (57 percent), visual hallucinations (44 percent), depression (34 percent), difficulties with problem solving (33 percent), difficulty with gait (28 percent), and tremor/stiffness (25 percent). In contrast, almost all ( ...
Early vs. Late Onset Hearing Loss: How Children Differ from Adults
... Hearing loss did not alter the way these children approached multiple tasks. Children did not appear to redirect their cognitive resources from one task to accommodate the listening task. May be unwilling to redirect May be unable to redirect May be unaware of the need to redirect ...
... Hearing loss did not alter the way these children approached multiple tasks. Children did not appear to redirect their cognitive resources from one task to accommodate the listening task. May be unwilling to redirect May be unable to redirect May be unaware of the need to redirect ...
Neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human
... given moment we could either lay down a distinctive memory trace to allow for subsequent retrieval, or we could retrieve memories that are related to the familiar components of an unfolding event. This conflict leads to certain crucial questions about the human memory system: Are we able to simultan ...
... given moment we could either lay down a distinctive memory trace to allow for subsequent retrieval, or we could retrieve memories that are related to the familiar components of an unfolding event. This conflict leads to certain crucial questions about the human memory system: Are we able to simultan ...
Isolated Retrograde Amnesia
... impairments in anterograde memory and other cognitive domains. The patient’s low verbal IQ was attributed to reduced performance in the information subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS; Wechsler, 1981) and was explained by a general semantic knowledge deficit. Her remote memory was ...
... impairments in anterograde memory and other cognitive domains. The patient’s low verbal IQ was attributed to reduced performance in the information subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS; Wechsler, 1981) and was explained by a general semantic knowledge deficit. Her remote memory was ...
Auditory working memory: contributions of lateral prefrontal cortex
... Traditionally, working memory and its neural underpinnings have been studied in the visual domain. A rich and diverse amount of research has investigated the lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC) as a primary area for visual working memory, while another line of research has found the neurotransmitter ac ...
... Traditionally, working memory and its neural underpinnings have been studied in the visual domain. A rich and diverse amount of research has investigated the lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC) as a primary area for visual working memory, while another line of research has found the neurotransmitter ac ...
Full Text - The British Journal of Psychiatry
... For the behavioural data, performance means and response times (encoding and recognition separately) were explored using a MANOVA, with group membership (non-remitted, remitted, control) as the between-group factor and encoding strategy (associative, item-oriented) and semantic relatedness (unrelate ...
... For the behavioural data, performance means and response times (encoding and recognition separately) were explored using a MANOVA, with group membership (non-remitted, remitted, control) as the between-group factor and encoding strategy (associative, item-oriented) and semantic relatedness (unrelate ...
Dementia and Hearing Loss
... also found that those with hearing loss had a “30 to 40 percent faster rate of loss of thinking and memory abilities” over a six-year period compared with people with normal hearing. Again, the worse the hearing loss, the worse the rate of cognitive decline. Both studies also found, somewhat surpris ...
... also found that those with hearing loss had a “30 to 40 percent faster rate of loss of thinking and memory abilities” over a six-year period compared with people with normal hearing. Again, the worse the hearing loss, the worse the rate of cognitive decline. Both studies also found, somewhat surpris ...
PDF - Korean Journal of Audiology
... speech perception difficulty of the older adults because good temporal resolution ability is crucial to identify phonetic contrasts12) as well as to help in understanding speech in background noise.13) Age-related cognitive changes have also been attributed to speech understanding difficulties in ol ...
... speech perception difficulty of the older adults because good temporal resolution ability is crucial to identify phonetic contrasts12) as well as to help in understanding speech in background noise.13) Age-related cognitive changes have also been attributed to speech understanding difficulties in ol ...
Abstract This paper presents data on the Pacific Assessment of
... however the trend within the TBI group was compelling, showing improved scores with less severe cognitive functioning (Table 2). Further study using the PAC with a larger sample size could be useful. The second goal was to determine whether confabulation occurred in the normal population. The eviden ...
... however the trend within the TBI group was compelling, showing improved scores with less severe cognitive functioning (Table 2). Further study using the PAC with a larger sample size could be useful. The second goal was to determine whether confabulation occurred in the normal population. The eviden ...
The impact of iconic gestures on foreign language word learning
... deep semantic and conceptual processing [Kormi-Nouri, 1995, 2000] and, thus, to cause better integration of relational information at the word, phrase, and sentence level [Helstrup, 1993; Knopf et al., 2005]. Thus, these three approaches differ with respect to whether the enhancing effect on verbal ...
... deep semantic and conceptual processing [Kormi-Nouri, 1995, 2000] and, thus, to cause better integration of relational information at the word, phrase, and sentence level [Helstrup, 1993; Knopf et al., 2005]. Thus, these three approaches differ with respect to whether the enhancing effect on verbal ...
Memory
... – Strategies—the use of mental activities to improve the processing of information—improve in these areas: • Organization: More likely to be used by older children and adults. • Elaboration: Adolescents are more likely to use elaboration spontaneously than children. • Imagery: Encouraging children t ...
... – Strategies—the use of mental activities to improve the processing of information—improve in these areas: • Organization: More likely to be used by older children and adults. • Elaboration: Adolescents are more likely to use elaboration spontaneously than children. • Imagery: Encouraging children t ...
Brain and Behaviour in Functional Retrograde Amnesia
... investigated across five patients. In this disease loss of remote memories is not accompanied by brain damage and therefore, the conscious or unconscious motivation to forget has to be considered as well. However, as all behaviour has a brain correlate, in these patients, functional metabolic distur ...
... investigated across five patients. In this disease loss of remote memories is not accompanied by brain damage and therefore, the conscious or unconscious motivation to forget has to be considered as well. However, as all behaviour has a brain correlate, in these patients, functional metabolic distur ...
Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults Medicine
... fibers recruited during training in this age population (71,72). Heavy resistance strength training seems to have profound anabolic effects in older adults. Progressive strength training improves nitrogen-balance, which greatly improves nitrogen retention at all intakes of protein, and for those on ...
... fibers recruited during training in this age population (71,72). Heavy resistance strength training seems to have profound anabolic effects in older adults. Progressive strength training improves nitrogen-balance, which greatly improves nitrogen retention at all intakes of protein, and for those on ...
Updating verbal and visuospatial working memory: Are the
... passive phonological short-term store. Another study used position emission tomography (PET) to investigate the cortical regions for the maintenance of spatial versus phonological information in working memory[18]. They found that bilateral anterior and posterior intraparietal sulcus, as well as rig ...
... passive phonological short-term store. Another study used position emission tomography (PET) to investigate the cortical regions for the maintenance of spatial versus phonological information in working memory[18]. They found that bilateral anterior and posterior intraparietal sulcus, as well as rig ...
Multi-item Memory in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex
... of stimuli that it must sense, remember, and use. In the majority of situations outside of the laboratory environment, an organism must remember not only the most recent stimulus, but must also integrate this stimulus with other items already present in memory. Remembering and integrating several re ...
... of stimuli that it must sense, remember, and use. In the majority of situations outside of the laboratory environment, an organism must remember not only the most recent stimulus, but must also integrate this stimulus with other items already present in memory. Remembering and integrating several re ...
(Spikblad) From Cue to Recall - Lund University Publications
... A fundamental function of long-term memory is the ability to retrieve a specific memory when encountering a retrieval cue. The purpose of this dissertation was to further our understanding of such cued recall by investigating the temporal dynamics from the presentation of the retrieval cue until the ...
... A fundamental function of long-term memory is the ability to retrieve a specific memory when encountering a retrieval cue. The purpose of this dissertation was to further our understanding of such cued recall by investigating the temporal dynamics from the presentation of the retrieval cue until the ...
Cognitive capacities and composite cognitive skills in
... brain (Bennett & Hacker, 2006; Berk, 2009). Language is considered to have two sensitive periods, or windows of plasticity, the first from birth up to 4-5 years of age, and the second from around 5 years up to mid adolescence (Berk, 2009). Development of the cognitive skills in spoken language to so ...
... brain (Bennett & Hacker, 2006; Berk, 2009). Language is considered to have two sensitive periods, or windows of plasticity, the first from birth up to 4-5 years of age, and the second from around 5 years up to mid adolescence (Berk, 2009). Development of the cognitive skills in spoken language to so ...
Psychogenic amnesia: when memory complaints are medically
... children. He claimed to have relearned this (personal semantic) knowledge about his life and that ‘each day I remember more of the day before’. On formal tests, he showed severe and extensive autobiographical memory loss, with intact anterograde memory. When first seen, he and his family were angry ...
... children. He claimed to have relearned this (personal semantic) knowledge about his life and that ‘each day I remember more of the day before’. On formal tests, he showed severe and extensive autobiographical memory loss, with intact anterograde memory. When first seen, he and his family were angry ...
Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults
... – 2/3 were discharged to community setting – Nearly 85% were in community setting 1 year later Walker, 2013 ...
... – 2/3 were discharged to community setting – Nearly 85% were in community setting 1 year later Walker, 2013 ...
Aging, Theories of
... different cultural settings. Prevailing issues in anthropological theorizing on aging seem to focus first on how maturational differences are incorporated into a given social order, and second, the clarification of the variability as to how differences in maturity are modeled by human cultures in tr ...
... different cultural settings. Prevailing issues in anthropological theorizing on aging seem to focus first on how maturational differences are incorporated into a given social order, and second, the clarification of the variability as to how differences in maturity are modeled by human cultures in tr ...
Language repetition and short-term memory: an integrative
... during encoding (Martin and Saffran, 1992). This conclusion, although parsimonious, however, does not take into account the results of studies that have more directly explored the neural substrates of verbal short-term maintenance. In the STM research field, load effects are considered to be a core ...
... during encoding (Martin and Saffran, 1992). This conclusion, although parsimonious, however, does not take into account the results of studies that have more directly explored the neural substrates of verbal short-term maintenance. In the STM research field, load effects are considered to be a core ...
Caring for Older Adults Holistically, 4th Edition Chapter Seventeen
... Education about drugs for individuals and their families is important Require a period of time before therapeutic effect is achieved May show signs of toxicity at lower doses Do not use for behavioral problems until all other ...
... Education about drugs for individuals and their families is important Require a period of time before therapeutic effect is achieved May show signs of toxicity at lower doses Do not use for behavioral problems until all other ...
Confabulation: Damage to a specific inferior medial prefrontal system
... but not concept formation, problem-solving or verbal fluency. And Nys et al. (2004) reported that disappearance of spontaneous confabulation in a confabulating patient was associated with improvement in mental flexibility, but not in other executive functions. Confabulation has mainly been investiga ...
... but not concept formation, problem-solving or verbal fluency. And Nys et al. (2004) reported that disappearance of spontaneous confabulation in a confabulating patient was associated with improvement in mental flexibility, but not in other executive functions. Confabulation has mainly been investiga ...
15 essentials of life-span development
... • Aging induces changes in sexual performance, more so in males than females • Orgasm becomes less frequent in males with age, more direct stimulation needed to produce an erection ...
... • Aging induces changes in sexual performance, more so in males than females • Orgasm becomes less frequent in males with age, more direct stimulation needed to produce an erection ...
- NDLScholarship - University of Notre Dame
... further below, 14 this notion of a "memory trace" closely tracks the modern view that a new pattern of neural connections in15the brain, strengthened over time, is the 'brain's record of the event. Thereafter, psychology continued to be the principle disciplinary locus of the study of memory. The fo ...
... further below, 14 this notion of a "memory trace" closely tracks the modern view that a new pattern of neural connections in15the brain, strengthened over time, is the 'brain's record of the event. Thereafter, psychology continued to be the principle disciplinary locus of the study of memory. The fo ...