Some loved ones may struggle to recall what they ate for lunch just an hour ago, yet they can vividly describe a childhood vacation from fifty years ago. For many families navigating an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, this is one of the most perplexing symptoms — the loss of short-term memory vs. long-term recollection.

However, this selective memory loss is not random. According to G. Peter Gliebus, M.D., chief of neurology and director of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at Marcus Neuroscience Institute, part of Baptist Health, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, there is a specific biological reason why the brain’s timeline seems to unravel from the present backward.

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