ALZHEIMER'S AND APHANTASIA

Question 1

Alzheimers

Answer 1

a neurodegenerative disease characterised by the gradual widespread degeneration of brain neurons (beginning in the hippocampus), progressively causing memory decline, deterioration of cognitive and social skills and personality changes

Question 2

aphantasia

Answer 2

a phenomenon in which individuals lack the capacity to generate mental imagery

Question 3

amyloid plaques

Answer 3

protein buildup on the axon terminals which block chemical neurotransmission

Question 4

neurofibrillary tangles

Answer 4

protein buildup within the axon which block electrical transmission

Question 5

alzheimers - ABM

Answer 5

impairs ability to retrieve autobiographical events and construct possible imagined futures

Question 6

aphantasia - ABM

Answer 6

reduces the richness and detail of autobiographical events and possible imagined futures

Question 7

Autobiographical memory

Answer 7

comprises of semantic and episodic memory

-autobiographical events= personally lived experiences