Think with Krys Boyd
Think with Krys Boyd: Some dementia patients ‘come back’ at the very end ( Billy Brennan )
9/11/2026 | 47m 19s
Billy Brennan discusses why dementia patients seem to “wake up” before they decline again.
Shortly before death, some dementia patients become lucid again – and scientists want to know why. Journalist Billy Brennan discusses “paradoxical lucidity,” where dementia patients seem to “wake up” and interact right before they decline again, what this “rally” means about our consciousness and brain activity before death , and why it happens more often than scientists realized.
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Think with Krys Boyd is a local public television program presented by KERA
Think with Krys Boyd
Think with Krys Boyd: Some dementia patients ‘come back’ at the very end ( Billy Brennan )
9/11/2026 | 47m 19s
Shortly before death, some dementia patients become lucid again – and scientists want to know why. Journalist Billy Brennan discusses “paradoxical lucidity,” where dementia patients seem to “wake up” and interact right before they decline again, what this “rally” means about our consciousness and brain activity before death , and why it happens more often than scientists realized.
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Think with Krys Boyd is a local public television program presented by KERA