THE MEMORY CONTINUUM

^{Memory loss happens gradually.}

^{Blood withdraws gradually from the cell it feeds.}

^{The surrounding tissue loses water gradually and dries gradually.}

^{Cells lose the ability to communicate gradually, and}

^{YOU LOSE MEMORY GRADUALLY!}

^{The gradual loss of memory sets up a path or continuum that our memory follows as we get older, if we let it.}

^{The point at which you are on that continuum describes the state of your memory.}

^{Mild memory loss describes the beginning point of that continuum.}

^{Complete loss of short-term memory describes the end point of the continuum.}

^{Since memory is the lynchpin of cognition, that point also describes the state of your cognitive abilities.}

It’s your memory that gives you cognitive abilities

It’s your cognitive abilities that tell the world around you who you are