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If they are, that's important evidence the person has alzheimer's. >> this is a scan of my brain. later we'll tell you what dr. cummings saw. another part of the exam is memory testing. since alzheimer's affects the ability to learn and remember new information, doctor cummings is looking at my memory and recall skills. >> grass. engine. >> good. now, tell me as many of those words as you can remember. >> butter, arm, short -- >> brain controls everything we are, larry. our memory, our thinking, our emotions, our movement, everything we are as human beings is controlled by the brain and that i...

At the structure of the brain. we know that when alzheimer's strikes, it strikes the memory portions of the brain first. so, we can look at those memory portions and see if they're shrunken. if they are, that's important evidence the person has alzheimer's. >> this is a scan of my brain. later we'll tell you what dr. cummings saw. another part of the exam is memory testing. since alzheimer's affects the ability to learn and remember new information, doctor cummings is looking at my memory and recall skills. >> grass. engine. >> good. now, tell me as many of those words as you can remember. >> ...