Why, whilst shopping for example, do we remember particular experiences in life after decades, and subsequently forget what we wanted to buy? Why are there activities which we can control in our sleep, but we have to consciously exert our brain in order to remember where we left the car key? The answers to these
questions can be found in our memory, one of the most complex systems of the human body.

The abilities of the brain in living beings is characterised by memory, which can perceive and process information absorbed, arrange and organise it appropriately, and then recall it whenever needed at any moment of time. Memory enables us to map out and present our experiences on a time continuum and relate them to each other. By allowing our past to connect to the present, we can subsequently arrange and shape our future. The memory capacity of a person is however subject to a lifetime of change and can be limited and shortened due to various reasons.

The illness known as Alzheimer’s disease (Morbus Alzheimer) is the most common cause of diminished memory capacity in the course of aging, and the most widespread form of dementia. Within the next thirty years, the number of patients suffering from dementia will triple. However, we are in no way completely vulnerable to this development. Early recognition and remedy of factors which lead to dementia can delay and even completely prevent onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Deficiencies in mental, social and physical activities, chronic stress and depression, as well as the resulting processes of inflammation associated with such factors, are some of the risk factors which contribute to theonset of Alzheimer’s disease.

The psychoneuroimmunologist Professor Christian Schubert, an internationally renowned specialist in stress-related inflammatory diseases, offers guests at Lanserhof the opportunity to avail of a memory clinic. This is a comprehensive psychological diagnostic of memory disorders, learning capability and thought. In an assessment of memory (Memory Check), not only is brain capacity neuropsychologically tested, but also chronic mental stress in professional life, at home, and in relationships is comprehensively diagnosed and treated. This helps in the early recognition and subsequent counteraction and prevention of dementia.

Recollection and remembrance - memory - give people the sensation of continuity, identity and as a result one’s own unique personality. Therefore, be aware and recognise in good time, that you do not lose your high level of mental abilities and as a result, your ability to function in the future!