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Fackelmann, Kathleen – Science News, 1996
Suggests that doctors may one day be able to identify healthy people who will develop Alzheimer's disease. Discusses recent studies in which characteristics of a person's writing early in life appear to predict the disease, and brain scans can highlight changes that may precede dementia. (CCM)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Handwriting, Medical Research
