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Lisa Genova on Alzheimer's, memory, and how to keep our brains healthy : TED Radio Hour Our brains are magnificently complex - and highly fallible. This hour, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explains how to keep our brains healthy and what to do when something goes wrong.

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The mysterious inner workings of the brain and memory

The mysterious inner workings of the brain and memory

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TED Radio Hour: Memory And The Brain
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TED Radio Hour: Memory And The Brain
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Our brains are magnificently complex - and highly fallible. This hour, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explains how to keep our brains healthy and what to do when something goes wrong.

This episode was produced by Rachel Faulkner White. It was edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour.

Our TED Radio Hour production staff also includes James Delahoussaye, Katie Monteleone, Andrea Gutierrez, Matthew Cloutier, Fiona Geiran, Julia Carney, and Katherine Sypher. Our audio engineer is Gilly Moon.