Category: Dementia
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Memory, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s
by Rosabel R. Young, M.D., M.S. Pharm, F.A.A.N., Q.M.E. What is memory? Memory in general terms is the function through which our brain stores and keeps track of our sensory experiences. For humans, these sensory modalities are vision, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation (the common five senses), as well as emotional and social experiences. We…