Disorders Of Memory Flashcards
1
Q
Immediate memory
A
Recall/perceived material within seconds after presentation
2
Q
Short term memory
A
Recall of material within minutes.
3
Q
Long term memory
A
Recall of material In distant past
4
Q
Amnesia
A
Partial or total ability to recall experience.
5
Q
Dementia
A
General impairment in intellectual functioning wo clouding of consciousness.
6
Q
Confabulation
A
Dementia patients- starttelling you memory from distant past cause can’t remember short term memory.
7
Q
Paramnesia
A
Intermingle of reality & fantasy
8
Q
Deja extend
A
Illusion that one is hearing one has heard previously.
9
Q
Deja vu
A
Illusion of visual recognition in which a new situation is incorrectly regarded as a repetition of a previous experience
