Have you ever wondered why you forget certain things?
Some times they are caused by a memory disorder. This usually happens when something happens to the brain and damages a part of the brain that involves the storage and recollection of our memories. This can be caused by a lot of events. Probably the more common one is concussions. Especially when the victim is an athlete. It is sad to say that athletes are more prone to concussions than anyone else. However, concussions can happen to anyone and not just athletes. When you have a concussion it can leave you disoriented and maybe even have some brain damage. This is an immediate kind of brain trauma.
Other disorders like Alzheimer's or Huntington's disease. These take time to develop. Alzheimer's disease usually affects the older side of people. This disease will slowly start making you forget things. This is really sad to see happen because they forget how to do simple things and they could start to forget their kids and their family members.
Huntington's disease is a disease that can be inherited by your parents. It is said that if your parents have it there is a 50% chance that you are going to get it too. This disease affects mostly your muscle coordination. Since it affects this it also affects your cognitive processes. This disease has a slow decline which will affect the short term memory and then slowly affect the motor function.
Amnesia is where you have "lost" the memories. You tend to have a space in your mind of where you can not remember anything. We do not know exactly why this happens. However, most causes of amnesia is damage to the hippocampus. It can affect the ability to learn and memorize new things along with totally forgetting everything.
Sources:
http://www.human-memory.net/disorders.html
I love how you related memory to athletes and the problems they have with memory after concussions. In this day in age this is a very relatable subject.
ReplyDeleteZach, I think you're overall understanding of this topic was spot on. I understood the material well and enjoyed the visuals that went with it. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Zach, great job on the blog overall. You're connections to athletes with multiple concussions creating a huge factor in the cause of such devastating memory disorders. Good explanation over each disorder you described in your blog. Look forward to hearing more from you, great job again Zach.
ReplyDeleteHey Zach! Overall you wrote a really great and informative blog! I thought your topics overall were very interesting and you portrayed your ideas well. I really liked how you talked about athletes and concussions. I did not think to include anything about this in my blog, so I’m glad you did since it is such a popular subject right now.
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