In this episode, we answer questions from a person outside the field. If you haven’t already listened to Part 1, then we recommend you listen to that first (click here for a link to Episode 2).
A pdf of the transcript for this episode is available here.
Topics Covered
- Additional types of neuropsychological referral questions aside from memory loss (3:28)
- Different types of memory (i.e., declarative versus procedural memory) (6:42)
- How posttraumatic stress disorder impacts the brain and cognition (8:33)
- Differences between normal and abnormal forgetting in adults and older adults (15:49)
- Why some people process information more quickly than others (19:53)
- Differences between processing information and intelligence (26:30)
- Neuropsychology training models in graduate school (31:25)
- Neuropsychology and real-world functioning (35:06)
- Differences between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (36:16)
- Why some people with memory problems can remember information from years earlier, but have trouble with recent events (43:55)
- How people can have memory problems in their daily lives, but still perform well on neuropsychological testing (54:45)
- How to handle the situation where someone has problems with thinking and memory and yet has no insight or awareness of those problems (1:00:12)
- Whether or not it is possible for the brain to multitask (1:09:01)
I really enjoyed this episode and love the podcast in general! I liked all the tips for answering patient’s questions and addressing common misconceptions (or family member’s questions around the dinner table haha).