The Emergence Machine

Dementia

property · Medicine · Level 6 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

As degenerative brain changes cause a transformation of brain tissue and neural function, the patterns of thinking, memory, and behavior are disrupted, leading to a decline in cognitive abilities.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “dementia” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “dementia”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
dementia
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0DementiaDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAlzheimersL7DementiaL6ChangeL1MatterL1DiseaseL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change is essential for grasping dementia
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Dementia involves physical degeneration of brain tissue and neural function.
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first

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