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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Mild Cognitive Impairment
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Ronald C. Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.
We all experience cognitive changes as we age. If you doubt this, try learning to play the piano with a group of 7-and 8-year-olds and see who sounds best at the recital. We tend to have difficulty with new learning and can struggle with short term memory. When do these cognitive changes become pathologic? Dementia results in a gradual decline in cognitive abilities, memory and behavior, severe enough to interfere with daily life. Between the cognitive changes that occur with aging...