1.1 Dementia is a chronic progressive disease of the brain. It is characterized by a decrease in all higher cognitive functions such as memory, thinking, judgment, orientation, comprehension, data processing, the ability to learn and express themselves. Accompanied by changes in emotional: anxiety, irritability, personality changes, loss of self-esteem, depression, emotional fluctuations, reducing the amount of expressed emotions, lower the intensity of emotion, indifference. The patient can also completely change the way you think. Dementia generally refers to the loss of memory and other intellectual abilities. It is a serious disease and is a threat to life. There are several forms of dementia, some are more common than others, but all are disease significantly hindering daily life. It is progressive and lasts until the end of life.
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Occipital lobe: vision, analysis of the color, motion, shape, depth;visual associations, assessment, decide whether the impression is analyzed and what its priority.
Results occipital lobe damage:hole in the visual field (skotoma);difficulties in the placement of objects seen;visual hallucinations, inaccurate vision of objects, seeing halos;difficulties in identifying colors;difficulty in recognizing characters, symbols, words written;difficulties in identifying the drawings;difficulties in identifying the subject's movement;difficulty in reading and / or writing.
The temporal lobe:turn the top and lid: hearing music, phonemic and audio experience;Wernicke's area - speech comprehension, grammar, prosody;Lower curve: object recognition;categorization of objects, verbal memory, memorizing;The basal part: analysis of odors
Damage to the temporal lobes:impaired hearing, speech understanding and perception of sounds;disorders of selective attention on visual and auditory stimuli;problems in recognizing seen