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Memory Disorder The Memory Cure: How to Protect Your Brain Against Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease COVER COPY, THE MEMORY CURE, Fotuhi] [BACK COVER] A Proven Plan for Protecting Your Memory--At Any Age, At Any Time You've probably taken steps to protect your finances, your health, and your family. Isn't it time to protect your memories? Science is exploding with new discoveries related to the brain, aging, and memory--discoveries that prove the actions you take today impact your memory for decades to come. Dr. Majid Fotuhi, one of the foremost experts in memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, outlines an action plan to improve mental agility and prevent memory loss. "The Memory Cure includes: A dynamic 10 step memory protection plan Encouraging updates in the field of cognitive research The truth behind popular beliefs about memory loss and aging A comprehensive resource section including information about clinical trials "Dr. Fotuhi is a gifted teacher, and it comes through in his writing. The language is clear; complex theories and scientific findings are presented for the intelligent layperson in an accessible manner." --Michael Rosenblatt, M.D. Dean, Tufts University School of Medicine "Dr. Fotuhi's book...provides a feast of up-to-date, relevant information on the causes and consequences of Alzheimer's disease and related conditions--and, most importantly, minimizing one's risk of developing them--in a form that is very digestible." --Jason Brandt, Ph.D., ABPP(CN) Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director, Division of Medical Psychology The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Dr. Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D., is a faculty member in neurology at Harvard Medical School and an assistant professor of neurology at Johns HopkinsHospital. He is also the director of the Memory Disorders Unit at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and a consultant for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Johns Hopkins.
Patient-Based Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience by Martha J. Farah, The cognitive disorders that follow brain damage are an important source of insight into the neural bases of human thought. Although cognitive neuroscience is sometimes equated with cognitive neuroimaging, the patient-based approach to cognitive neuroscience is responsible for most of what we now know about the brain systems underlying perception, attention, memory, language, and higher-order forms of thought including consciousness. This volume brings together state-of-the-art reviews of the patient-based approach to these and other central issues in cognitive neuroscience, written by leading authorities.Part I covers the history, principles, and methods of patient-based neuroscience: lesion method, imaging, computational modeling, and anatomy. Part II covers perception and vision: sensory agnosias, disorders of body perception, attention and neglect, disorders of perception and awareness, and misidentification syndromes. Part III covers language: aphasia, language disorders in children, specific language impairments, developmental dyslexia, acquired reading disorders, and agraphia. Part IV covers memory: amnesia and semantic memory impairments. Part V covers higher cognitive functions: frontal lobes, callosal disconnection (split brain), skilled movement disorders, acalculia, dementia, delirium, and degenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease.Contributors: Michael P. Alexander, Russell M. Bauer, Kathleen Baynes, D. Frank Benson, H. Branch Coslett, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Tim Curran, Antonio R. Damasio, Hanna Damasio, Ennio De Renzi, Maureen Dennis, Mark D'Esposito, Martha J. Farah, Todd E. Feinberg, Michael S. Gazzaniga, GeorgGoldenberg, Jordan Grafman, Kenneth M. Heilman, Diane M. Jacobs, Daniel I. Kaufer, Daniel Y. Kimberg, Maureen W. Lovett, Richard Mayeux, M.-Marsel Mesulam, Bruce L. Miller, Robert D. Nebes, Robert D. Rafal, Marcus E. Raichle, Timothy Rickard, David M. Roane, David J. Roeltgen, Leslie J.
Memory disorder - There are several different types of memory disorders which occur in the human mind. Among these are less severe disorders including minor short term memory loss, and the eventually incapacitating Alzheimer's Disease. Nonverbal learning disorder - Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD) (also known as NVLD) is a neurological syndrome consisting of specific assets and deficits. The assets include early speech and vocabulary development, remarkable rote memory skills, attention to detail, early reading skills development and excellent spelling skills. Anterograde amnesia - Anterograde amnesia is a form of amnesia, or memory loss, where new events are not transferred to long-term memory. After the onset of the disorder, the sufferer will not be able to remember anything that occurs after his attention is shifted away from one subject for more than a few seconds. Non-Uniform Memory Access - Non-Uniform Memory Access or Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is a computer memory design used in multiprocessors, where the memory access time depends on the memory location relative to a processor. Under NUMA, a processor can access its own local memory faster than non-local memory, that is, memory which is local to another processor or shared between processors. memorydisorder |
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