Literary Analysis on Aging

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This paper analyzes the work of other academic works on aging. This being educational articles on Alzheimer’s, Dementia etc. This is in no way my original work only an analysis of others.

Dugdale focuses his work on what might cause people to slow down as they age, and often become less productive. The aiming general audience being the general public, Dugdale attempts to educate the public on the basic factors that cause the regression on cognitively as people become older. As people age the nervous system begins to slow. This means that the nerve cells between the spinal cord and the brain loose traction, and the messages that are sent between the two slow. This is caused after years of waist build up between nerve cells. As the years progress these nerve cells can become tangled and increase the probability of a break down in a person’s senses, yet this cannot be said for everyone. While some people develop issues with the nervous system, other people can develop problems with brain tissue. What this means is that as plaque or tangles develop in people's brains this can lead t...

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