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  2. Memory lapses: What’s normal, what’s not - AOL

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    Age-related memory loss can be frustrating and scary. But it doesn’t always mean you’re on the road to dementia. Here’s a look at a few common types of memory lapses, and what to watch out for:

  3. It’s not just forgetfulness: 8 early warning signs of dementia

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    In addition, language problems such as not being able to find the right word, using the wrong word as a substitute, or jumbling the order of words may be a sign, particularly of frontotemporal ...

  4. How We Form Memories and Experience Memory Loss ... - AOL

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    “Some loss of cognitive function—age-related cognitive decline—is normal at a certain point,” says Tracy. Everyone experiences it as they get older, to some degree or another.

  5. Memory and aging - Wikipedia

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    Normal aging is associated with a decline in various memory abilities in many cognitive tasks; the phenomenon is known as age-related memory impairment (AMI) or age-associated memory impairment (AAMI). The ability to encode new memories of events or facts and working memory shows decline in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. [8]

  6. Dementia - Wikipedia

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    By the 1960s, the link between neurodegenerative diseases and age-related cognitive decline had become more established. By the 1970s, the medical community maintained that vascular dementia was rarer than previously thought and Alzheimer's disease caused the vast majority of old age mental impairments.

  7. Absent-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness.. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue.