• Neurology,  Uncategorized

    Memory Disorders

    Terminology Declarative memory: Semantic declarative memory:remembering facts e.g. numbers and areas of knowledge e.g. language Episodic declarative memory: remembering the time and place Procedural memory: remembering how to do things e.g. ride a bicycle Short term memory: recent memory of events e.g. what you had for breakfast Immediate short term memory: Being able to recall a fact just told to you e.g. repeat the following phone number. Long term memory: remembering something from your childhood Aphasia: impaired language/ communication. Expressive aphasia (Broca’s): impaired language fluency, and repetition, normal comprehension Receptive aphasia (Wernicke): impaired comprehension and repetition but normal fluency. Conduction aphasia: impaired repetition but normal comprehension and fluency. Global aphasia:…