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The Key to Memory: Follow your nose

Elissavet Ntoulia explores what a pair of pomanders can tell us about how and why we remember.

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How wigs help children handle hair loss

For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.

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Dementia playlists and musical memory

Listening to the right music can provide both solace and pleasure for someone with dementia, helping them to reconnect with the world around them. Grace Meadows makes the case for more music in dementia care.

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How music opens the doors of memory and the mind

People living with dementia can often still listen, perform or move to music. What does this tell us about how memories are formed?

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  • Wood shoot of Myoga Zingiber. Myoga shoots are considered a great delicacy inn Japan but over indulging can result in memory loss.
  • Toxic Tau
  • Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
  • Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
  • Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
  • Mamamania: An artistic interpretation of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Memory File.
  • Memory Store.
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