The Benefit of Music Introduction Music can make someone feel sad, happy, angry, and other types emotions. Not only can music effect someone’s mood, but it can also be very beneficial to early brain development, autobiographical memory of Alzheimer patients, and language development. To provide you with more facts about music and its beneficial impact on the human brain, I found five sources that provided more facts and studies that prove the benefits of using music in everyday life and for educational
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within the hippocampus, the part of the brain that help you learn and store memory, are usually the first cells to be damaged, making memory loss one of the first symptoms (“Dementia” par. 6-8). Dementia isn’t memory loss, but rather a chemical and structural change in the brain (Snow par. 6). This change of the brain physically can change a person dramatically mental wise.
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ageism/stereotype When you consider ageism, you think about people being labeled as other's sees fit. It's just another term to judge or deny people of their humanity. When you think about people in their late adulthood what comes to mind? Some may think about gray hair, saggy skin, dentures, and a wheelchair. So my question is why? According to (Palmore, 2005, p. 90) “Ageism is a social disease, much like racism and sexism” in that it considers people as part of a category and not as individuals, creating
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Working With Diverse Older Patients “Cultural differences, not divides.” 44 9. Including Families and Caregivers “What would you like your family to know?” 48 10. Talking With Patients About Cognitive Problems “You mentioned having trouble with your memory.” 51 11. Keeping the Door Open “Effective Communication” 58 Publications At-a-Glance 60 Services At-a-Glance Tear-Off Card Foreword Good communication is an important part of the healing process. Studies find that effective physician-patient
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Written by Alan Bellows on 25/09/10 In memory of the Infamous H.M “I don’t remember things,” Henry explained to the unfamiliar female interviewer. She seemed very curious about how he spends a typical day, and about what he had eaten for breakfast, but his efforts to summon the information from his mind were fruitless. He could easily answer her questions regarding his childhood and early adult years, but the indefinite expanse of time since then was bereft of memories. In fact, from moment to moment
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Exercise has been touted to do everything from treat depression to improve memory, with the power to cure a host of problems while preventing even more. In particular, exercise leads to the release of certain neurotransmitters in the brain that alleviate pain, both physical and mental. Additionally, it is one of the few ways scientists have found to generate new neurons. Much of the research done in this area has focused on running, but all types of aerobic exercise provide benefits. Although the
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around 10% of cases while Alzheimer causes around an estimate of 60% to 80% of cases. NHS Choice (2015) defines dementia as “a loss of mental ability (cognitive impairment) associated with gradual death of brain cells” (para. 2). Vascular dementia occurs when the blood flow to the brain is reduced and usually happens from strokes, it also can be caused by a variety of diseases and damages that affects the brain. One of the most common type of vascular dementia is the Multi-infarct dementia which is
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American Geriatrics Society, 59(6), 1080-1086. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03404.x Ruiz, J. R., Fiuza-Luces, C., Buxens, A., Cano-Nieto, A., Gómez-Gallego, F., Santiago, C., ... Lucia, A. (2012). Are centenarians genetically predisposed to lower disease risk? Age, 34(5), 1269-1283. doi: 10.1007/s11357-011-9296-3 Wilcox, D., Wilcox, B. J., Hsueh, W., & Suzuki, M. (2006, December 8). Genetic determinants of exceptional human longevity: Insights from the Okinawa Centenarian Study. Retrieved February
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In any case, collaboration between age, disease, and the lifestyle are frequently neglected. Whether the high pervasiveness of cardiovascular issue, for instance, hypertension, coronary course sickness, and heart dissatisfaction is a result of a developing strategy or whether these issue just happen more periodically in elderly persons because of a more stretched out presentation to peril is not yet settled. It is
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marijuana is an option which hasn’t received much of a chance, but should be given one. Given that marijuana has known important medical uses, such as the alleviation of nausea, and the treatment of glaucoma, can the government justify banning it just because some individuals use it for recreational purposes? Is it even the business of the government to regulate the private lives of its citizens? I really don’t condone the use of any kind of drug use, but a drug such as marijuana should be legalized
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