Neurologist Dr Mark D’Esposito on How to Improve Focus, Productivity, Planning and Achieving Goals

Dr. Mark D'Esposito, M.D., a neurologist, professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley shares brain mechanisms underlying cognition and the forms of memory required for focus, productivity, planning and achieving goals, and learning. He also shares insight about neurochemicals such as dopamine and acetylcholine and how they can be leveraged to improve cognitive functioning. After educating us with a base, Dr. Mark talks about concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease, and ways to restore or slow cognitive decline by using pharmacologic, lifestyle and behavioral protocols.

This episode provides a modern understanding of cognition and memory and actionable tools to optimize brain health and function.

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