The case history in the opening vignette describes the maternal grandmother of one of the authors (M.T.B.). Although the disease was never formally diagnosed, she surely had Alzheimer’s or some similar dementia. In many ways, her case was typical, characterized by loss of memory, difficulties in spatial processing, disorientation, and changes in personality, especially paranoia. The course was unremittingly downward, although she died from heat stroke before becoming totally bedridden.
In this chapter, we discuss disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, that are distinct from the neuropsychological syndromes covered elsewhere in this book. In our discussions so far, we have emphasized the breakdown of specific cognitive functions, such as visual recognition, and precisely described the circumscribed nature of the deficits.
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