IB Psychology 1.09.17 Today’s Agenda: Turn in: Nothing Take out: Notes, notes, notes Today’s Learning Objectives: Explain how biological factors affect one cognitive process (memory). Today’s Agenda: Alzheimer’s Disease Video A look at “millennials” HW: Reading on Actively Learn CRA 3.6

Linking the BLOA to the CLOA We will begin to do this with a brief look at Alzheimer’s Disease—how is it that a biological factor can impact a cognitive factor? 1906: Dr. Alois Alzheimer first describes "a peculiar disease” 1910 Alzheimer's disease named 1968 Development of cognitive measurement scales 1979 Alzheimer's recognized as most common form of dementia 1984 Beta-amyloid identified 1986 Tau protein identified 2010 Alzheimer's advances to sixth-leading cause of US deaths

Alzheimer’s Video: What connections between BLOA/CLOA can we find? http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/04/e04expand.html NPR Clip: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/01/504004353/zap-magnet-study-offers-fresh-insights-into-how-memory-works Millennials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU