Lisa Genova
Neuroscientist
Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and Every Note Played. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She travels worldwide speaking about the neurological diseases she writes about and has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Today, PBS NewsHour, CNN, and NPR. Her TED talk, “What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s,” has been viewed more than five million times. The New York Times bestseller REMEMBER is her first work of nonfiction.
Lisa Genova
Stress shrinks your brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Genova explains how to strengthen it.
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10 min
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Only 2% of Alzheimer’s is 100% genetic. The rest is up to your daily habits.
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9 min
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Is social media changing your memory? Here’s what the science actually says.
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3 min
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It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
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8 min
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Humanity’s most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?
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What do candles, coffee, and candy have to do with it?
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