For most of us the stereotypical concept that we have of aging is that we will live to a ripe old age, fully ‘compos mentis’ finally to succumb to some brief undetermined illness and then die.
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The New York Times has an excellent article on the tragic story of Laura Cuartas’s children Alzheimer’s Stalks a Colombian Family
At frighteningly young ages, in their 40s, four of Laura Cuartas’s children began forgetting and falling apart, assaulted by what people here have long called La Bobera, the foolishness. It is a condition attributed, in hushed rumors, to everything from touching a mysterious tree to the revenge of a wronged priest.
It is Alzheimer’s disease, and at 82, Mrs. Cuartas, her gray raisin of a face grave, takes care of three of her afflicted children. link to article
Source: New York Times
A new University of Iowa study offers some good news for caregivers and loved ones of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Patients might forget a joke or a meaningful conversation — but even so, the warm feelings associated with the experience can stick around and boost their mood.
For the study, published this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers showed individuals with memory loss clips of happy and sad movies. Although the participants couldn’t recall what they had watched, they retained the emotions elicited by the clips. [continue reading…]
Specific Memory Impairments in Dementia and MCI from goCognitive on Vimeo.
In this interview, Dr. Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe of Washington State University discusses different types of memory concepts – including semantic memory, episodic memory, prospective memory, source memory, and working memory and how these are affected by dementia and MCI. Greg Lee, the interviewer, is a psychology undergraduate student at the University of Idaho.
Source: goCognitive
