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What is happening to your mind, explained.
Plain answers about memory, focus and words in the perimenopause years, with the research behind them. New articles every week.
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Forgetting names in your 40s: is it normal?
Forgetting names more often in your forties is common, and in perimenopause it is one of the most reported memory changes. Names are harder to retrieve...
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How long does perimenopause brain fog last? Is it permanent?
For most women, perimenopause brain fog is temporary. It tends to come and go during the transition, which usually lasts around four years but can run...
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9 small things that make a perimenopause brain fog day easier
Nothing cures perimenopause brain fog overnight, but small habits lower its cost: write names down before meetings, do your hardest thinking in your clearest hour, work...
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Reading the same email four times: perimenopause and focus at work
Rereading emails is a common sign of perimenopause brain fog. Concentration and processing speed lean on working memory, which is sensitive to the estrogen swings and...
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The doorway effect: why you forget why you walked into a room
Forgetting why you walked into a room is called the doorway effect: the brain files memories by scene, and a doorway acts like a scene break....
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Why words go missing mid sentence in perimenopause
Losing words mid sentence is one of the most common cognitive changes of perimenopause. Swinging estrogen affects the brain regions that handle memory and language, and...
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Perimenopause brain fog or early dementia? What the research shows
Usually not. Up to 60 percent of women in the menopause transition report brain fog, while 87 to 89 percent still score normal or near normal...
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