How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age
July 13, 2026 · 2 h 28 min · 27 chapters

Chapters
- 0:00Dr. Alan Castel
- 2:41What Is Memory?, Reconstruction & Metacognition
- 4:49Mnemonics, Remembering Names & Deeper Learning
- 8:22The Penny & Apple Logo, Noticing vs Seeing, Learning Through Mistakes
- 13:49Neuroplasticity, Frustration, Curiosity & Mindset
- 17:42Maintaining vs Learning New Things, Habits, Novelty & Emotional Memory
- 24:28"Mental Photographs," Photo-Taking & Imagining the Future
- 29:28Eyewitness Memory, the Ronald Cotton Case, Confidence vs Accuracy
- 35:07Medium-Term & Prospective Memory, Hotel Fire Exits
- 41:47When Habits Turn Lethal, Aviation & Human Error
- 49:01Why Memory Changes With Age; Alzheimer's & the Nun Study
- 52:34Exercise & Hippocampal Volume, Falls & Balance
- 57:14SuperAgers & Athletes; Regret, Balance & Being Driven
- 1:13:47Age Stereotypes, Subjective Age & Positive Age Beliefs
- 1:20:02Goals & Plans, Scams; Anterior Midcingulate Cortex & SuperAgers
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