Brain injury and dementia

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Memory involves the whole body. It’s how the self defies amnesia

People with anterograde amnesia can’t rely on memory alone for their sense of self. Instead, they remember with their body

by Ben Platts-Mills

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Dementia is not a death. For some, it marks a new beginning

Advocates are reframing the syndrome as a different way of being – one in which potential for growth and connection endures

by Isabel Sutton

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A monk showed me that spirituality needs more space in medicine

As a doctor, I’ve seen how brain diseases can become entwined with spiritual pain. Who is responsible for addressing it?

by Michael P H Stanley

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Earlier memories are relatively spared in dementia. Why?

People with Alzheimer’s have richer memories of late childhood and early adulthood and this could help therapeutic care

by Dorthe Berntsen