15.6 Key Terms

Neurocognitive disorders

Crystallized intelligence

Fluid intelligence

Stroke

Aphasia

Broca’s aphasia

Wernicke’s aphasia

Apraxia

Delirium

Dementia

Mild neurocognitive disorder

Major neurocognitive disorder

Alzheimer’s disease

Neurofibrillary tangles

Amyloid plaques

Vascular dementia

Huntington’s disease

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