Alzheimers
- Created by: 11pyoung
- Created on: 11-04-17 13:52
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- Alzheimers
- Progressive degenerative neurological disorder
- Most common form of dementia
- Associated with aging
- Mainly seen in people in their 60's
- Causes confusion, mood changes, forgetting memories and an inability to recognise faces.
- Explanation using WMM
- Breakdown of the Central Executive
- VSSP is impaired
- Can't recognise people or places
- Most damage done to Hippocampus and Temporal cortex
- Central Executive found in Temporal cortex
- Evidence
- Dual Tasks
- Two separate tasks given to Alzheimer's patient
- Complete as well as a non-Alzheimer's patient of the same age
- Alzheimer's patients are unable to complete dual tasks
- Stop instead of slow down
- Due to breakdown of Central Executive
- Stop instead of slow down
- Two separate tasks given to Alzheimer's patient
- Dual Tasks
- Progressive degenerative neurological disorder
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