COMS 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dementia
25 Jul 2016
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Alzhimers have become the epitamy of old age. Draws the line between us and them- between the wanted and unwanted. The search for the line between the healthy person and the diagnosed. When you cross over the line you can"t come back. The role of the brain between the normal and the pathological. He argues that these scans allow us to see the brain types. Even if you have not witnessed any symptoms of alzheimer"s in your life, the scan show for you. How we make sense of our self in terms of memory. Those with alzheimer"s forget old mermories but make new ones. Removes the line between us and them from the beginning. We should see it as a new layer of ourself and be able to recognize the human within us. Disgust and terror towards people with alzheimer"s. Referring to the people/ the disease as the living dead .
