Roderick C. Spears , a physician with Penn Neurology Valley Forge. What does this have to do with people who are tired and stressed? Both of these can cloud short and long-term memory.
Focal seizures can be hard to recognize as seizures because they are short and you remain conscious throughout. A person having one may look like they are having a staring spell or daydreaming.
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Instant genius: the brain. This is puzzling for researchers because we are used to thinking of memory problems increasing with age, not decreasing with age! It lets you know that while you may feel really strongly that something is familiar, this feeling is wrong and you should try to ignore it. Perhaps what is happening in people over the age of 25 is that they get worse at spotting incorrect familiarity signals and they actually start believing them. Can you think of any others?
There is not anything wrong with this — it is a very normal way to answer questions. This is a really important question, but it is also still a mystery.
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