|Unit |AC | | | | | | |533 |1.1 |There are many causes of dementia. Dementia is caused by changes to the brain; there are different | | | |types of Dementia. Vascular dementia is caused when the brains blood supply is disrupted
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CLASS – XII ENGLISH CORE [Time : 3.0 hrs.] [M. M.: 100] __________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Instructions : (i) This paper is divided into three sections: A‚ B‚ and C. All the sections are compulsory. (ii) Separate instructions are given with each section
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Memory Human memory‚ like memory in a computer‚ allows us to store information for later use. In order to do this‚ however‚ both the computer and we need to master three processes involved in memory. The first is called encoding; the process we use to transform information so that it can be stores. For a computer this means transferring data into 1’s and 0’s. For us‚ it means transforming the data into a meaningful form such as an association with an existing memory‚ an image‚ or a sound. Next
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Frontotemporal dementia is a group of disorders caused by progressive cell degeneration in the brain’s frontal lobes or its temporal lobes. The cell damage caused by frontotemporal dementia leads to tissue shrinkage and reduced function in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes‚ which control planning and judgment; emotions‚ speaking and understanding speech and certain types of movement. In those younger than age 65‚ FTD may account for up to 20 to 50 percent of dementia cases. People usually develop
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Tuesday‚ 22/10/13 Evaluation The multistore model provides a systematic account of the structures and the processes involved in human memory the notion that there are at least two qualitatively different kinds of memory: the short term and the long term memory is supported by free recall studies‚ the primacy and recency effect and observational examination of brain damaged patients. There’s also evidence supporting the importance of the process of rehearsal in memory. Hender (1979) conducted
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Melissa Ingrassia PSYC201 4/4/13 “The Case of the Fallen Athlete” 1. The left hemisphere because strokes affecting the left hemisphere causes the right side of your body to become paralyzed and difficulty with your speech and communication. 2. An fMRI can identify the exact location and extent of the damage the stroke caused on Tim’s brain. 3. There are other ways Physicians can view the damage of Tim’s brain for instance there are two hemisphere of the brain that control different
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Psychology "Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory" (12 marks) The multi-store model of memory‚ was first described by Atkinson and Shiffrin(1968)‚ and suggested that memory consisted of three seperate stores‚ the sensory memory store‚ the short-term memory (STM) store and the long-term memory (LTM) store.They also presented a diagram to represent this and according to this model‚ memory is portrayed as a flow of information through a system of fixed stages‚ beginnging with
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Outline and evaluate restoration theory as an explanation of the function of sleep (8+16 marks) Sleep is believed to function as a means of restoring the biological system to a better working order this is the basis of the restoration theory‚ Sleep is divided into several different stages such as SWS‚ and REM sleep‚ Oswald proposed that each of these sleep stages has a different restorative function. SWS enables the body to repair itself and REM enables brain recovery and memory consolidation
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Outline and evaluate research in to the duration‚ capacity and encoding information in short term memory. Introduction Memory is divided into three categories. These categories consist of: sensory memory‚ short term memory and long term memory‚ out of these short term memory is the main focus in this essay. It has been widely researched due to interest of how much memory can be stored‚ how long this memory can be stored for and what information is memorised. Duration Short term memory is a
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The movie Finding Nemo features an overprotective clownfish‚ Marlin‚ and a blue tang fish‚ Dory‚ who claims to suffer from “short-term memory loss.” Together they embark on a journey to find Marlin’s only son‚ Nemo‚ who was abducted by a scuba diver. Dory’s memory problems lead them into some interesting and sometimes dangerous situations‚ including a group of recovering fish-addicted sharks‚ surfing sea turtles‚ and a maze of jellyfish. While Marlin and Dory swim across the ocean‚ Nemo is put
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