PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Myocardial Infarction, Speech Production, Executive Functions
17 May 2020
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Understanding what someone says to you or what you read. A lot of what we learn is because of memory. Learning new things and remembering things that happened in your past. Coordination, the ability to pick something up. Planning, reasoning, making decisions, being able to behave appropriately. Inappropriate behavior or mood for given situations. Marked by profound confusion, disorganized thinking, impaired attention, memory and language. 50% of people with delirium will have hallucinations. Intoxication (especially in older adults of prescribed medication) Happens because as we get older our metabolism slows down, so metabolism of medicine or alcohol goes much slower and it stays in the system longer) About 10-15% of adults will become delirious after surgery. In cases such as surgery: usually goes away by itself within a few weeks. Other possible symptoms (need one of four) Agnosia: can"t recognize familiar objects (visual perception) Gradual onset (discriminating factor between dementia and delirium)
