developmental psychology in memory - Alzheimers Flashcards
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what is alzheimers
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- a slow fatal disease of the brain affecting 1 in 10 over the age of 65
- the disease come on gradually as 2 abnormal protein fragments called plaques and tangles accumulate in the brain and kill brain cells
- start in hippocampus where memories are first formed and destroy it
- spread to different regions
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what are the impacts of alzheimers and the effects on memory
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- typically occur after 65 but can occur as early as 45
- characterised by memory loss, concentration loss, confusion and changes in mood
- affects working meomory: CE and visio spatial
- STM first affected, episodic the semantic then procedural
- loss of semantic knowledge with fine categories first then general
- less able to recognise faces and people
3
Q
how to help someone with alzheimers
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- set up regular routines
- encourage journalling
- include cues and promts and context when asking qs
- consider getting copies of important item
4
Q
what did Badeley find
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conducted a study on attention tasks - dual task and looking for letter z amoungst easy and distracter letters, performed worse on difficult distractor and even more on dual task
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Q
what did sebastain and hernandez gil find
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alzheimers doesnt seem to affect digit span