Janet Sherman, PhD, is a psychologist and the clinical director of the Psychology Assessment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. Her clinical expertise is in adult neuropsychology, with specific interests in Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and cerebellar disorders. Dr. Sherman is also an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Memory is a complex system by which you learn, store and recall information. You employ several different types of memory, each responsible for handling different...