Health

YOU'RE LOSING IT!

from page 125

They discovered that individual
neurons appear to retain the raw
material of memory long after any
conscious recollection of it has faded.
They also determined that the physi-
cal anatomy of memory varies dramat-
ically depending on the kind of recol-
ctions involved.
Personal memories of everyday
events and short-term working memo-
ries, like a phone number, are stored
in one place, the memory of words in
another, while the memory of objects
in yet another. The brain's ability to
learn something new is differentiated
from its ability to retrieve memories
previously learned.
However, the circuits that control
memory wear down as a person ages.
Certain aspects of memory hold up
quite well: general knowledge of the
world and the verbal ability to convey
that knowledge.
The rate at which we can store new
information consciously — deliberate-
ly assign it to memory — goes down.
Other mental activities that require a
YOU'RE LOSING IT! on page 129

Remembering
Your History

ne of the wonderful things about
emembering is bang able to tell
our memories
ldren
d grandchildren.
Gig Cohen of West Bloo eld
PALS, a small dis-
ussi *rmingham
emple w ose mern ers are mak-
ing sure that their stories are
remembered by writing them
&down.
"I'm writing these stories for me
so that there's no correct or incor-
rect way to tell the story because
other people will remember the
events differently than I do,"
explains Gig.
"I became interested in mem-
oirs-when my mother died and I
was leafing through an old phow
album and saw a photo of tray
great-grandmother for whom I was
named, and realized I knew noth-
ing, about her. My mother was one
of six children, but no one is really
around that can tell me much
about my great-grandmother.
"So I'm writing stories about
my life, about what I remember
about growing up, about my
mother, and what life was like in
this area 40 years ago."

'Jr

WITH A VERY
CARING STAFF.

Beautiful
Nursing Home.
Quiet Setting,
Overlooking Two
Beautiful Lakes.

THE BEST KEPT SECRET
IN OAKLAND COUNTY.

Medicare &Medicaid Approved

Bortz Health Care on Green Lake

6470 Alden Drive • Orchard Lake

248-363-4121

Please call to arrange for our complimentary
limousine to drive you to our elegant
mansion for your personal tour.

•

N

• a

4 SEASONS FIREPLACE & BARBECUE

•

• 0

HAPPY PASSOVER

a

a e

•

CELEBRATION
CONNECTION

•

.

• DIRECTORY
in our Classified Section

WE WILL BE CLOSED
APRIL11,12,17&18

(248) 855-0303 30903 ORCHARD LAKE RD

in the_ plaza by t.j. maxx & the gap
OPEN 10AM- 9PM M-T-W-TH, FRI 10AM-4PM
SUNDAY 10AM-6PM
SAT. CLOSED

4/10
1998

127