A preliminary sign of dementia, or, are we just, too overly worried here??? From the papers, translated…
A short while ago, started talking with a couple of my friends in their sixties, mentioned how in April, we’d all gone to Japan to see the wisteria bloom, and immediately, that purple red colored sight floated back up to mind, but I can’t, recall the name of that garden instantly. My friend mentioned the first word, “Adachi~~”, I’d immediately finished, “Adachiku Gardens”. Then, everybody started sharing, on how they couldn’t say the things they wanted to say, that got stuck, at the tips of their tongues, and sighed on it as an adverse effect of aging, and worried, if that were, signs for pre-dementia.
This sort of a phenomena that we knew what we’re talking of, and, recall what we wanted to say clear in our minds, and the words were, about, to roll off our tongues, but, we just, can’t call them aloud, and if at this time, someone started it for us, then, we would be able to, blurt it out; or maybe, in a few minutes, even to a few days, we were, hit that lightbulb, finally lighting up, are called tip-of-the-tongue experiences.
It’s not rare, not limited to the various languages, countries, and can happen across all age groups, it’s just, with the coming of age, some would experience this at least once every week, and may find it hard, to call the name of terms we don’t use often. Maybe it’s because of how the brain is aging, the center for meaning of words and the verbalization skills’ neural networking became weakened.
The tips-of-the-tongue syndrome is only on how you couldn’t call out the names of people, places, countries, but if you couldn’t even name the tables, the chairs, the watches, the more ordinary nouns, then, you may consider being scanned for “aphasia”.
Aphasia is a language disorder, due to damages of the front lobe, with two specific types: expressive (couldn’t say the words), and the receiving (couldn’t comprehend what was being said to you), and normally, they’d existed together, and both has the symptoms of not being able to call out the names of people, places, things. The least severe form is on how someone couldn’t say the names of things, and the primary difference between this and the tips-of-the-tongue syndrome is that the patient may have difficulties, calling the names of things they use ordinarily. For instance, the patient may not be able to say the word “Watch”, but knew how to describe the functions “something that’s used to tell time”, or pointing at one’s own watch.
And, is this tip-of-the-tongue syndrome a preset for dementia?
Dementia is of the deterioration of memories in short-term memories and conditional memories (memories toward certain things), a thesis from “Psychological Science” journal from the University of Virginia tested 718 participants ages 18 to 99 on the conditional memories and the tips-of-the-tongues syndrome, and found that there’s no clear relationship between the tips of the tongue syndrome, aging, and conditional memories, showing, that it’s not a sign of developing dementia.
And yet, the tips-of-the-tongue syndromes can be found in Alzheimer’s Disease frontal epilepsies, along with other neurological disorders, but due to the other more apparent symptoms, the tips-of-the-tongue is usually, disregarded.
Although there’s no need to worry over the tips-of-the-tongue syndromes, but it’s still annoying, can it be, avoided?
Studies showed, that when the subject is being watched closely, or having attention paid to her/him, maybe due to the nervousness, the tips-of-the-tongue syndromes would occur more often, so you need to set up a healthy habit of living, and other than being fully prepared before a speech or an important meeting, a good night’s sleep is a must, then, you’d be filled with self-confidence, more relaxed, and thus, not be prone to have the tip-of-the-tongue problems.
An article from Birmingham University, England’s “Scientific Report” published in April, 2018 tested 28 elderly averaged at age 70, in the labs, were exposed to the maximum amount of oxygen, then, tested on sixty nouns and the frequency of occurrences of tips-of-the-tongue, they’d found a negative correlations of the two, meaning that if the individual was fitter, s/he would have less occurrences of tips-of-the-tongue. Although there’s no cause and effect in the study, but it’s enough to lead the researchers to believe, that exercising regularly, can help reduce the frequencies of tips-of-the-tongue.
And so, the point is, staying fit in the body, is very important, to help your mind stay active, because everything is linked together, if you’re not well emotionally, then, physically, it would show, just as if you’re not physically well, then, you will show the emotional distresses, so, staying healthy is not just in the bodies, but the mind as well!
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