Hour 1:

1.    Introduction to memory
2.    The Process of Memory
3.    Stages of Long Term Memory
4.    Memory Reconstruction Controversies
5.    Why do We Forget?

Hour 2:

1.    What is Amnesia?
2.    Types of Psychogenic Amnesia
3.    Types of Organic Amnesia
4.    Aging & Amnesia

Hour 3:

1.    Irreversible Dementias
   1.    Dementia
   2.    Alzheimer’s Disease
   3.    Vascular or Multi-Infarct Dementia
   4.    Lewy Body Dementia
2.     Potentially Reversible Causes of Memory Disorders & Amnesia
   1.    Traumatic Brain Injury
   2.    Stroke
   3.    Transient Ischemic Attacks
   4.    Anoxia & Hypoxia

Hour 4:

1.    Improving Memory
2.    Memory Workouts
3.    Nutritional ways to benefit Memory
4.    Regular Exercise
5.    Use Memory Aids
6.    Online and Computer-based Cognitive & Memory Training Programs
7.    Dietary Supplements
8.    Conclusion
9.    Questions and Answers

Learning Objectives

1. Explain how memories are formed by identifying the four main processes of memory and the three stages of long-term memory.
2. Describe the important differences between declarative/explicit memory and procedural/implicit memory.
3. List the current concerns and controversies surrounding eyewitness testimony and repressed memories.
4. Identify the principal processes and causes of psychogenic and organic amnesias.
5. Discuss the nature of “flashbulb” emotional memories.
6. Identify the difference among normal forgetting, age-associated memory impairment, and mild cognitive impairment.
7. List the major memory disorders that can result in amnesia and dementia.
8. Describe methods for improving memory.