Dementia is a disorder with impairments in one or more cognitive domains which can include: learning and memory, language, ...

A weird thing happens to kids around kindergarten. Ask a 5-year-old about his visit to the aquarium a year prior, and there's a good chance he'll tell you all sorts of details: the color of the reef, ...

Derived from Greek, the term amnesia is used to describe memory impairment that is characterized by the inability to successfully recall previously learned information and learn new information. To be ...

A reader's friend had an episode where she seemed confused as to where she was and how she got there. They took her to the emergency room, where the doctor said she had an otherwise completely normal ...

Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss that makes it difficult to form new memories. Brain damage or inflammation due to a head injury is often the cause of anterograde amnesia. Anterograde ...

Federal health officials are reporting a recent rare cluster of amnesia cases in Massachusetts in which patients also had significant brain changes that may be related to substance use. The Centers ...

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While salient, episodic memories formed in adulthood can be remembered for years, similar memories formed during early childhood appear to be easily and rapidly forgotten. This rapid forgetting and ...

Early one winter Sunday morning, I got out of bed at 5:30 to walk my dog; the next 8 to 10 hours of my life are a complete blank. My wife awoke to find me lying on a bed in another room about an hour ...