鲍鱼tv World Service - On the Brain, Memory

Memory

On the Brain

Most commonly found in old age, Alzheimer's disease affects personality, cognitive function and the gradual erosion of memory. Why do people get it?

Picture: Human brain, Credit: Getty Images

15 May 2000

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24 minutes

2000: How the World Sounded the Year You Were Born—鲍鱼tv World Service Archive

The newly opened London Eye, the making of saints and predicting rainfall using stars

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project