Enhancing real-world event memory
WTI Inspiring Speaker: Morgan Barense
Thursday, February 20, 2025
4:00 - 5:15 pm
Reception to follow
100 College Street
Floor 11, Workshop 1116
Memory is essential for shaping how we interpret the world, plan for the future, and understand ourselves, yet effective cognitive interventions for real-world episodic memory loss remain scarce. This talk introduces HippoCamera, a smartphone-based intervention inspired by how the brain supports memory, designed to enhance real-world episodic recollection by replaying high-fidelity autobiographical cues. It will showcase how our approach improves memory, mood, and hippocampal activity while uncovering links between memory distinctiveness, well-being, and the perception of time.
Morgan Barense
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto; Director, Toronto Neuroimaging Facility; Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital
Barense is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in how the brain supports memory, and how memory is affected by brain damage or disease.
WTI Inspiring Speaker Series
The Wu Tsai Institute presents the 2024-25 Inspiring Speaker Series.
The Institute’s new signature series features an interdisciplinary lineup of speakers studying the mind and brain from different angles, including perspectives from beyond academia. These speakers were selected for their ability to bridge and communicate across disciplines with state-of-the-art research and ideas relevant to the entire Wu Tsai Community.
Talks occur on Thursdays at 4:00 pm approximately every two weeks, beginning September 2024. They take place in the Workshop on the 11th floor of the Wu Tsai Institute at 100 College Street. There will be an opportunity for questions and a reception following each talk.
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