Reading Assignment 4
The major reason for returning to school to complete my degree was based on not taking my memory for granted. I find that my memory has changed, not recalling names was the most frustrating, since I was never good with that anyway. On many occasions, I find myself not remembering what I wanted to do when I enter another room. In order to be more productive and not overwhelmed, I keep a calendar and a journal. At times, I have posted notes on my cell phone calendar, so I get a daily reminder. I have purchased gifts earlier in order to save time and money. However, by the time an occasion comes to give the gifts, I have forgotten where I have stored them. Or on occasion, buy gifts that I forgot about until months later when I come across …show more content…
Some of the research points reports cognitive ability in blacks declines faster. Whereas other research states the cognitive ability declines faster in whites. There doesn’t seem to be a true understanding of the discrepancy in the research. The participants in the research were derived from three longitudinal cohort studies located in Chicago. Those studies were the Minority Aging Research Study, the Rush Memory and Aging Project and the Religious Orders Study. The Minority aging group was older blacks, the Rush Memory group were older whites and the Religious Orders was a mixed group with 7% being black. The participants were required to be free of dementia and do at least one yearly follow-up evaluation. Cognitive function as tested yearly with 17 individual tests during a session that lasted one hour. Periodic measures were made of episodic memory using seven tests: immediate and delayed recall, semantic memory, verbal fluency, working memory, perceptual speed, visuospatial ability and global
The major reason for returning to school to complete my degree was based on not taking my memory for granted. I find that my memory has changed, not recalling names was the most frustrating, since I was never good with that anyway. On many occasions, I find myself not remembering what I wanted to do when I enter another room. In order to be more productive and not overwhelmed, I keep a calendar and a journal. At times, I have posted notes on my cell phone calendar, so I get a daily reminder. I have purchased gifts earlier in order to save time and money. However, by the time an occasion comes to give the gifts, I have forgotten where I have stored them. Or on occasion, buy gifts that I forgot about until months later when I come across …show more content…
Some of the research points reports cognitive ability in blacks declines faster. Whereas other research states the cognitive ability declines faster in whites. There doesn’t seem to be a true understanding of the discrepancy in the research. The participants in the research were derived from three longitudinal cohort studies located in Chicago. Those studies were the Minority Aging Research Study, the Rush Memory and Aging Project and the Religious Orders Study. The Minority aging group was older blacks, the Rush Memory group were older whites and the Religious Orders was a mixed group with 7% being black. The participants were required to be free of dementia and do at least one yearly follow-up evaluation. Cognitive function as tested yearly with 17 individual tests during a session that lasted one hour. Periodic measures were made of episodic memory using seven tests: immediate and delayed recall, semantic memory, verbal fluency, working memory, perceptual speed, visuospatial ability and global