Salamon, Maureen
There are pretty clear differences between signs of dementia and age-related memory loss. After age 50, it’s quite common to have trouble remembering the names of people, places and thing quickly, says Dr. Kirk Daffner of Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston. The brain ages just like ...
and retrograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia. Memories prior to the damage remain BUT memories after the damage are lost. For example people with anterograde amnesia have difficulty learning the names of people they meet since the damage. Backwards memory loss. Forward memory loss. Anterograde ...
"One day I couldn't come up with the nameof the actor who played Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos."I knew his name was stored somewhere in my brain,and I could tell you all kinds of things about him,but I could not produce his name.I eventually gave up and googled it...