Saturday, April 9, 2011

About Alzheimer's Disease: What is Cognition Anyway?

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From Andrew Rosenzweig, MD, your Guide to Alzheimer's Disease
As if it isn't hard enough to understand the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia, knowing how to make sense of the term "cognitive" is another challenge I've chosen to devote a newsletter to exploring. All of us have feelings (emotional processes) that lead to thoughts (cognitive processes) that then lead to behaviors (behavioral processes). But in Alzheimer's disease there's a breakdown at the level of cognitive processes that inevitably leads to troubling behaviors.

Definition of Cognition
The term "cognitive" refers to brain processes such as thinking, attention, perception, learning, memory, reasoning, problem solving, decision making, and planning.... Read more

Exploring Memory in More Detail
Memory loss is of course a crucial aspect of Alzheimer's disease. Since people with Alzheimer's disease lose the ability to remember how they've coped with previous situations, their behaviors often reflect that inability ... Read more

Managing Difficult Behaviors
Another cognitive loss that people with Alzheimer's experience is the loss of impulse control and inhibitions necessary to keep behaviors in check. But when problem behaviors do occur, there are ways to manage them... Read more

Inattention as an Important Cognitive Process
While generally not given as much attention (excuse the pun) as other cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease, inattention is a core aspect of cognition that is impaired. Here are some key examples of inattentiveness...Read more

 


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