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Cognition
nursing cognition Alzheimer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| akathisia | abnormal sensations |
| Anomia | loss of person or object names |
| Aphasia | language impairment, receptive or expressive |
| ataxis | poor muscle control or movement |
| carphologia | involuntary picking, same as floccillation |
| floccillation | involuntary picking, same as carphologia |
| constructional difficulty | difficulty drawing or copying 3 dimensional figures |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| echolalia | repetition of words or sentences just spoken by another |
| dementia | progressive, irreversible loss of cognitive function |
| apraxia | misuse of objects because of failure to identify them |
| agnosia | inability to recognize familiar sensations, taste, sounds etc. |
| amnesia | memory loss |
| using refrigerator magnet to cut cake instead of knife | example of Apraxia |
| doesn't remember what lemons taste like | example of Agnosia |
| instead of saying "garage", says "that thing you park the car in" | example of Anomia |
| unable to express oneself | example of Aphasia |
| states, "I can't find my bedroom" | example of Amnesia |
| picks at clothing until there is a hole in the cloth | example of carphologia or floccillation |