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Two women painting together at a table. The one in the foreground is older, wears glasses and is focused on her brushstroke.

Brain injury and dementia

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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

A man in a white robe walks down a staircase with an ornate iron railing in a stone building. Sunlight streams through the large windows.

Spirituality and religion

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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

Silhouetted man playing guitar in a dimly lit room near a window with plants on the sill and music sheets on the counter.

Brain injury and dementia

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The songs of Bob Dylan suffuse a poignant story of dementia and music

Directed by Harry Shaw

Elderly couple in hats watching colourful kites flying in a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Brain injury and dementia

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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

Abstract image featuring blurred figures in a green and blue environment with splashes of brown. The scene has a dreamy, ethereal feel.

The self

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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