Memory and aging

Woman with age-related dementia

Age-related memory loss, sometimes described as "normal aging" (also spelled "ageing" in British English), is qualitatively different from memory disorders associated with types of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, and is believed to have a different brain mechanism.

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