Alzheimer's Disease Research Paper

Dementia is a disorder of the brain that affects a person’s mental ability to carry out their usual daily activity. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia that affects older people. This disease affects your cortex, ventricles, and your hippocampus. Unfortunately, scientists are unable to establish the etiological agent of the disease, or find a viable cure. “Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, incurable infirmity that destroys the brain neurons gradually causing intellectual ability loss such as memory, language and thought, and causing tremendous changes in personality and behavior.
According to the National Institute on Aging, “Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the United …show more content…
Augustine D), who died of an unusual mental illness, Dr. Alois Alzheimer found abnormalities in the cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex hemisphere separates into four main lobes. The frontal lobe which is responsible for decision making, solving problems and planning. The parietal lobe use and process all the sensory information to the body. The temporal lobe is responsible for memory, emotions, hearing and language. The occipital lobe controls vision. He noticed there was an abundance of amyloid plaques and tangle fibers twisted together on the brain tissues causing extreme damage to the brain neurons. Five years previously, Augustine experienced the first symptoms. Gradually she became unable to care for herself. Upon her admission to the Frankfurt hospital, in 1901, Augustine showed signs of presenile dementia. She suffered from disorientation, memory loss, and ability to learn. Her symptoms gradually increased to hallucinations and …show more content…
The purpose of cognitive psychologist is to study how people perceive things, acquire information, remember, believe, understand, speak, think, solve problems, and make decisions. According to Sean McLeod, an example of cognitive is participants taking part in memory test in strictly controlled conditions. However, the widely used lab experiment can be criticized for lacking ecological validity (a major criticism of cognitive psychology). (Macleod, 2015). Psychologists hope to discover what triggers the critical development of Alzheimer’s disease and find effective therapies that will prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, and for those who has already been diagnosed with the disease, they will try to find a viable

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