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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction & Guest** - Host Ira Flatow introduces the phenomenon of lucid moments in Alzheimer's and dementia patients, and welcomes researcher Dr. Andrea Gilmore Baikovsky.
- 2 (02:20) **Origin Story: From Nursing Assistant to Researcher** - Dr. Gilmore Baikovsky explains what first drew her to studying lucidity.
- 3 (03:27) **The Definition Problem** - The core challenge of studying an undefined phenomenon.
- 4 (04:24) **How They Actually Study It** - The LEAD network's innovative multi-pronged methodology using video observation.
- 5 (06:42) **The Impact on Witnesses** - Why these moments matter beyond the science, for families and clinicians.
- 6 (09:00) **The "Assume the Person is Present" Principle** - A key humanistic takeaway from the research.
- 7 (11:49) **Break & Return to Mechanisms** - The show returns from a break to discuss potential triggers for lucid episodes.
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Show Notes
Watching a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia slowly lose their cognitive abilities can be heartbreaking. While the person you once knew seems to be slipping away, sometimes people with Alzheimer's briefly seem like their old selves again. They may remember a long-forgotten name or suddenly regain the ability to have a fluid conversation. What do these moments of lucidity really mean for the progression of the disease? And what implications do they have for those living with the disease, and their caretakers?
Alzheimer’s researcher Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi talks to Ira about these questions and more.
Guest:
Dr. Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi is an associate professor of emergency medicine, and co-director of the Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia (LEAD) Network at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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