Alzheimer ’ s Symptoms: Navigational Skills May Deteriorate Long Before Memory

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Typically, when we think of the early signs of Alzheimer & rsquo;s disease we think of memory problems. Words go missing, names escape one's grasp, daily tasks are forgotten. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have shown that making mental maps of where we have been and where we are going is a process the brain may lose before memory problems begin to show. People with these early symptoms can no...

Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - July 6, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders Source Type: blogs