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1 1  == Cognitive Changes==
2 2  Dementia affects the brain and therefore causes a decline in cognition including learning and memory, language, executive function, complex attention, perceptual-motor, social cognition.^^[1]^^. Besides, as we age, various cognitive abilities tend to worsen even without dementia, because the brain changes both structurally and functionally.
3 -People with dementia have various symptoms, for example, problems with short-term memory, bad at planning, and easy to become anxious and angry. These signs of dementia gradually get worse.
3 +People with dementia have various symptoms, for example, problems with short-term memory, difficulty with planning, and ease of becoming anxious and angry. These signs of dementia gradually get worse.
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5 5  These declines are hard to be cured and only some existing treatments can temporarily help slow the worsening. Several interventions exist for cognition in dementia. Psychosocial interventions are one of the effective treatments that support and improve the quality of life for PwD.
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10 10  For our robot, the music can be integrated to help the life of PwD. The music aims to:
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12 12  * remind the daily routine of PwD and caregivers
13 -* help PwD memory the previous life, for example as a BGM when playing the picture album
13 +* help PwD remember their early life, for example as a background music (BGM) when playing the picture album
14 14  * support various music-related activities like choosing music from a pool or finding specific music from the Internet
15 15  * is easy to use for PwD and caregivers
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