Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Friday of Unit 5
Points: 100
Overview:
In this assignment forum, pretend you are a neuropsychologist and you are tasked with
assessing and treating patients with memory loss.
Instructions:
Create a case study for TWO of the following types of memory conditions:
Patient 1: Short term memory loss
Patient 2: Retrograde amnesia
Patient 3: Anterograde amnesia
Patient 4: Procedural memory loss
Patient 5: Alzheimer’s Disease
Patient 6: Hyperthymesia
The case study should include:
• Patient demographics.
• Presenting symptoms.
• Cause of amnesia (biological and/or environmental).
• Diagnostic tests to identify alterations in brain structure, activity, and function.
• Describe alterations in brain structure, activity, and function.
• Therapeutic treatments recommended, if applicable.
