A WORD on the tip of the tongue or a forgotten birthday – everyone has occasional memory blanks. While forgetting things ...

Memory ability, at least for some kinds of memory (such as working memory), can begin to gradually decline as early as one’s twenties or thirties, with downward trends extending into later life.

are a common cause of memory loss—along with confusion and even hallucinations, says Kitaigorodsky. Symptoms usually arise ...

Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies ...

As the subjects completed a test of short-term memory ... Eventually, the eligible patients could include those with age-related memory loss — which is to say, pretty much everyone who lives ...

There is no blood test, x-ray, nor standard physical exam ... Most of the time, the presenting symptom is memory loss that interferes with daily life. They may use diagnostic tools such as ...

To learn more, see Types of Memory, How Memory Works, and Personal Memories and Nostalgia. Memory loss is the unavoidable flipside of the human capacity to remember. Forgetting, of course ...

Before looking at the general direction of research data, it's worth remembering that two legal drugs of abuse, nicotine and alcohol have already been clinically proven to cause memory loss.

Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes -- the seat of memory -- according to a new study. The findings, seen in people with and without signs of ...

A new poll has found as many as six in 10 adults put early signs of dementia down to old age - rather than the condition itself - but a simple test could help tell the difference between the two.