Dementia & Diseases With Similar Symptoms
Less than thirty years ago, people were attributing dementia-related symptoms as senility or old age.
Less than thirty years ago, people were attributing dementia-related symptoms as senility or old age.
Our brain is like a big filing cabinet and a desk with IN and OUT baskets. When we see something, our brain places that information in the IN basket for short term memory.
In the past, it was considered normal for cognitive decline as one aged. As early as 2500 B.C., Egyptian vizier Ptahhotep described the elderly as cognitive abilities vanished as “The heart, void, recalls not the past. …every night becomes more and more childish.”
