American President Joe Biden mistakenly referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone viral recently. He corrected himself after the error at the NATO summit, but this wasn't the first time he committed such major verbal slips-ups. The oldest president in the US often gets called out for such errors and many even wanted him to avoid running for the next election, quoting his forgetfulness.
However, does such verbal gaffes mean one is suffering from dementia? Dr Arun B Nair, Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, explains: Is it dementia? It is common for everyone to forget things or experience difficulty in recalling names or information. When you do lots of things or need to concentrate on multiple tasks, some of them may not get easily registered in the brain. You may even find it difficult to recall some things quickly.
However, it may come back to you when you relax and take some time to recall them. So, there is no need to be scared of such small or temporary bouts of forgetfulness. Memory and concentration Lack of sleep may affect our attention and concentration abilities, making it difficult to retrieve information that has been stored in our brains.
There are three main processes or components of memory – encoding, storage and retrieval. Due to a lack of concentration or short attention spans, our brain may find it difficult to properly receive new information. So, it is ha.
