Dr. Charan Ranganath: How to Improve Memory & Focus Using Science Protocols

3387.003 - 3410.012 Charan Ranganath

You can measure this in MRIs with a measure called white matter hyperintensities. You use a scan that shows up little bright spots where the white matter is probably damaged. And what you find is that these people with white matter hyperintensities actually have memory performance that's as poor as people who have hippocampal atrophy probably in the early stages of Alzheimer's.