Improving Your Memory (2019) - Harvard Health Publishing

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Let Harvard’s experts help you improve your ability to concentrate, avoid common memory lapses, and give you a tool kit that will help sharpen your memory as you age.

This intriguing online course helps demystify the way your brain works. You’ll find pictures and explanations that detail each region of the brain and the types of memories it stores. You’ll see why your brain is constantly “forgetting” some information to make room for new data. You’ll learn why our processing speeds naturally slow as we age and tips for making recall easier. You’ll find out the types of information it’s normal to forget — and learn about red-flag symptoms that may merit seeing your doctor.

And of course you’ll learn dozens of proven strategies that help you overcome common memory lapses and improve your memory. Keep your mind and memory in top shape. Enroll in Harvard Health Publishing’s Improving Your Memory course now.

Harvard Health Publishing's all-new online course is a great way to boost your brainpower.

Learn from top Harvard experts at your convenience.
Watch, pause, and watch again as often as you want — whenever you want.
Easily skip to slides and sections that interest you most.
The course is always available, never expires.
Includes quizzes, charts, and crosswords and other puzzles you can download and print.

Discover the latest information for understanding and improving your memory from the experts at Harvard Medical School.

Doctors and researchers have identified plenty of ways to fight everyday memory problems like losing car keys, forgetting people’s names, or missing appointments. You’ll learn why focusing can help you boost short-term memory. And why something called “spaced rehearsal” is more effective for long-term recall than trying to cram. You’ll also see why patience is key for helping boost your memory as you age.

Now is the perfect time to commit to improving your memory and protecting your brain health. You’ll see why it’s so important to continually challenge your brain with new tasks to help build cognitive reserve — the brain’s capacity to resist damage. Staying physically and mentally active are great ways to do this. In fact, exercise is actually one of the best ways to maintain a healthy brain and improve your memory.

The Improving Your Memory course is hosted by Mallika Marshall, MD — an Emmy-award winning journalist and practicing physician who is on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The slides are narrated by Timothy Cole the editorial director of more than two-dozen health and special interest publications including more than 60 special health reports from Harvard Health Publishing.

Plus, ENROLL NOW and you’ll get a BONUS Q & A discussion on memory with Kirk Daffner, MD, the founder and chief of the Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital — a nationally recognized center of excellence in the field of behavioral neurology and dementia.

Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD, is an Emmy-award winning journalist and physician who serves as the regular Health Reporter at WBZ-TV in Boston. A practicing physician who is Board Certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at the Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Chelsea Urgent Care Clinic and MGH Revere Health Center. Marshall is currently a Contributing Editor for Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of Harvard Medical School. Dr Marshall also has served as the host of “Dr. Mallika Marshall,” a series of health news reports that was nationally syndicated and aired in more than 70 markets, including major cities such as San Francisco, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Houston. A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, Marshall received her medical degree with honors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She completed her medical residency at Harvard in internal medicine and pediatrics.

Kirk R. Daffner, MD

Dr. Daffner is founder and chief of the Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Under his leadership, the division has become a nationally recognized center of excellence in patient care, teaching, and research within the field of behavioral neurology and dementia. The division consists of neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, social workers and rehabilitation specialists. This multidisciplinary approach helps to ensure that patients are accurately diagnosed and are offered the most comprehensive treatment strategies available. The division has fostered the growth of several related clinical research laboratories in ERPs, fMRI, and neuropsychology that are investigating memory, attention, and executive functioning in aging and dementia. They have developed a state-of-the-art Clinical Trials Center that supports National Institutes of Health-sponsored, industry-sponsored, and investigator-initiated translational research of dementia. Dr. Daffner is a graduate of Harvard College and of Harvard Medical School, where he is an associate professor of neurology. He has published extensively on the neurological underpinnings of executive functions, on factors that may contribute to successful cognitive aging, and on the early diagnosis of AD.

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