Correlation Between Age and Memory Loss
Ernst Achildiyev
November 5, 2010 Correlation Between Age and Memory Loss. We have all wondered from time to time as to why the elderly seem to have a much greater falter-prone memory than the younger generations. From recently met people to the digits of their friend's phone number, people seem to lag behind the youth in their memory capability as they grow older. One of the reasons behind this natural phenomena is due to an increase in brain cell loss which onsets around the age of twenty years old for most people. Unlike other things, Memory isn’t a single cognitive process, and it isn’t stored in a single area of the brain. Instead, it is classified by categories which span from short-term memory, to long-term memory, to factual memory, and onto motor-skill memory such as the knowledge of how to tie your shoes or drive a car. Memory loss tends to be categorized into two categories which include Mild cognitive impairement and Alzheimers. When the information which you begin to forget is no longer trivial, unimportant information and your forgetfulness begins to have consequences such as you forget an important family member's birthday or forget to pay your rent blank, your memory loss would be considered to be beyond “normal” memory loss due to aging and may be diagnosed as mild cognitive impairement or MCI. On a more severe spectrum, when a person's memory loss becomes so severe that it's capable of disrupting your work, hobbies, social activities, as well as your family relationships, a person may be experiencing the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, another disorder that causes dementia, or a condition that mimics dementia. Often times, Alheimers tends to be diagnosed people over the age of 65 but can also less-prevalently affect people younger as well. Latest statistics from the Alzheimer's association shows that in 2006, there were 22.6 million sufferers world-wide and 1 in 85 people will be effected by this
November 5, 2010 Correlation Between Age and Memory Loss. We have all wondered from time to time as to why the elderly seem to have a much greater falter-prone memory than the younger generations. From recently met people to the digits of their friend's phone number, people seem to lag behind the youth in their memory capability as they grow older. One of the reasons behind this natural phenomena is due to an increase in brain cell loss which onsets around the age of twenty years old for most people. Unlike other things, Memory isn’t a single cognitive process, and it isn’t stored in a single area of the brain. Instead, it is classified by categories which span from short-term memory, to long-term memory, to factual memory, and onto motor-skill memory such as the knowledge of how to tie your shoes or drive a car. Memory loss tends to be categorized into two categories which include Mild cognitive impairement and Alzheimers. When the information which you begin to forget is no longer trivial, unimportant information and your forgetfulness begins to have consequences such as you forget an important family member's birthday or forget to pay your rent blank, your memory loss would be considered to be beyond “normal” memory loss due to aging and may be diagnosed as mild cognitive impairement or MCI. On a more severe spectrum, when a person's memory loss becomes so severe that it's capable of disrupting your work, hobbies, social activities, as well as your family relationships, a person may be experiencing the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, another disorder that causes dementia, or a condition that mimics dementia. Often times, Alheimers tends to be diagnosed people over the age of 65 but can also less-prevalently affect people younger as well. Latest statistics from the Alzheimer's association shows that in 2006, there were 22.6 million sufferers world-wide and 1 in 85 people will be effected by this