Remember

Harvard-trained neuroscientist Lisa Genova explores how we create, retain, and retrieve memories through the four-step process of encoding, consolidation, storage, and retrieval. The book explains different memory types (semantic, episodic, prospective) and clarifies the distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked) and Alzheimer's (that you own a car). Genova reveals how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context, presented in an accessible, conversational tone.

7 sections ยท 22 lessons

Course outline

Memory Foundations

  1. Memory Reconstruction
  2. Memory Stages
  3. Hippocampus
  4. Memory Foundations

Memory Systems

  1. Working Memory
  2. Memory Types
  3. Memory Systems

Memory Enhancement

  1. Attention Gateway
  2. Meaning Matters
  3. Emotion & Memory
  4. Context Matters
  5. Memory Enhancement

Memory Failures

  1. Forgetting Mechanisms
  2. Reconsolidation
  3. False Memories
  4. Memory Failures

Memory Strategies

  1. Chunking
  2. Mnemonics
  3. Remembering Names
  4. Prospective Memory
  5. Memory Strategies

Lifestyle and Memory

  1. Sleep & Memory
  2. Stress Effects
  3. Exercise & Brain
  4. Diet & Brain
  5. Lifestyle and Memory

Alzheimer's Prevention

  1. Forgetting vs Alzheimer's
  2. Cognitive Control
  3. Alzheimer's Prevention

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