Not promising these images will actually be brains. And hat tip to Jesse Orrico www.unsplash.com for the beautiful Home Page image.
So first let me say, “Well done, Paula Span!” I like the NYT article on differentiating signs of dementia from other problems affecting cognition: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/is-it-really-dementia/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 It’s reasoned, calm, and informative, which is pretty unusual for a piece on dementia. The author’s personal experience with caregiving and her journalistic research have given depth to her understanding of […]
Anosognosia is a technical term that refers to a lack of awareness of deficit. The hallmark is a puzzling inability to recognize major symptoms, such as paralysis on one side of the body, amnesia, or marked cognitive impairment/dementia. A related phenomenon is anosodiaphoria, which is an emotional insouciance or indifference in the face of […]
The book “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn was a hit as soon as it came off the presses in 2012, and for good reason. It’s a razor-sharp dissection of human behavior, iced with the deliciously sadistic machinations of the main characters. Part of its success has to do with the skin-crawlingly accurate portrayals of the deceptively mundane […]
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