Yes. All types of dementia are characterized by damage to neurons in brain areas that help to encode and retrieve short-term memory. When IQ tests are given to (even mildly) d…emented patients, their scores are below the levels recorded premorbidly (before they had developed dementia). (MORE)
The intellect is the part of the mind that takes in informationabout the external environment, forms conceptions related to thatenvironment, and makes judgments concerning the… quality ofsomething or someone. (MORE)