Ageing doesn't speed up forgetting: older adults retain memories like younger people
Live Forever Club - 09-Jan-2025False memory rates are higher in older individuals during recognition tests
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How long people live with dementia depends on age and where they live
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Cells that heal and harm: decoding the ageing brain
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience - 19-Dec-2024New insights into how cells shape brain ageing and resilience
Dementia death rates rise in the UK, worsening due to ageing population
Independent - 10-Dec-2024CVD remains number 1 when heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases are combined
13 proteins linked to brain ageing show changes at ages 57, 70, and 78
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Care-Giving in Dementia: Volume 1: Research and Applications
Book with neurobiological information about dementia written by Gemma M. M. Jones
Neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease
Book that covers all major aspects of the disease from basic science to clinical diagnosis and therapy edited by David Dawbarn
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Approaches to Discourse in Dementia
A conversation analytic approach in dementia written by Jackie Guendouzi
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