Memory Loss & the Brain


	From the Editor
	Editor's Note

	Memory News
	New Memory Book

	The Color of Risk African-Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than whites. A new national program targets this dangerous disparity with community-based health education. Go to Article >>

	Caring for Culture Hispanics in Milwaukee are improving services for elders with Alzheimer's disease by customizing care to cultural attitudes toward dementia and medicine. Go to Article >>

	Minority Report Jennifer Manly’s research ensures that African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are tested for dementia on a level playing field. Go to Article >>

	Memory Tip
	Remembering the Future


Resources
Emotion and Memory

Books “The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life,” by Joseph LeDoux. (Touchstone Books, 1998). “Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories,” by James McGaugh. (Columbia University Press, 2003). Articles “Noradrenergic modulation of emotion-induced forgetting and remembering,” by Rene Hurlemann and others. (The Journal of Neuroscience, ,July 6, 2005, Vol. 25, No. 27, pp. 6343-6349.)