September is World Alzheimer’s Month — a great time to learn more about how your amazing brain creates, stores and retrieves memories. Bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova teaches how to boost brain health in her four-week TED Course.
Our brains are truly breathtaking–and perhaps their most astonishing ability is the capacity to create, store and retrieve a lifetime of memories. In this course you’ll learn how memory works, why we forget and how to keep your brain in great shape. Lisa Genova, bestselling author and neuroscientist, will also challenge you to develop a healthier relationship with your memory: “Take it seriously. Hold it lightly”.