This article is part of an ongoing series, Science at the Cinema, which explores research and researchers portrayed in film. “Still Alice,” released last December, catalogs the insidious cognitive ...

Julianne Moore’s portrayal of a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s in the movie "Still Alice" required extensive research ...

In Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice, Alice Howland, a professor of psychology at Harvard, develops early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 50. She begins to suspect that something is wrong when she ...

Sandy Oltz worked with Julianne Moore on the film "Still Alice." Oltz said she talked with Julianne Moore about how she survives living with Alzheimer's disease. "I would [tell her] well it's like all ...

Lisa Genova, the Harvard-trained neuroscientist who became nationally known in 2007 for her exploration of early onset Alzheimer's in “Still Alice,” takes on bipolar disorder in her latest book, “More ...

In the new film "Still Alice" we watch the beautiful and vivacious Julianne Moore deteriorate, disintegrate and disappear right before our eyes. A celebrated linguistics professor at Columbia ...

Most of us can’t imagine having a disease that tugs and tears at the very threads of who we are. When we wake up in the middle of the night with outlandish fears, we strike reassuring bargains with ...

Here’s something Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore wants you to keep in mind. Your mind. What’s happening with your brain. You know, that thing that sits on top of your body and oversees, ...

After five novels about neurological conditions, the Still Alice author pens an empathetic portrayal of life with mental illness in More or Less Maddy. Genova, who penned the story because she ...