TECHNIQUES
TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND MEMORY
NANCY
D. CHIARAVALLOTI | TEDxHerndon
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Dr.
Chiaravalloti discusses the learning process and techniques that have been
shown to improve learning and memory in healthy persons. She walks through the evidence demonstrating
these techniques to additionally be helpful to persons with Multiple Sclerosis
and Traumatic Brain Injury. Techniques
discussed include a structured treatment protocol, the modified Story Memory
Technique (mSMT) and its critical ingredients, context and imagery.
Nancy
D. Chiaravalloti, PhD is Director of Neuropsychology and Neuroscience and of
TBI Research at Kessler Foundation, Professor in the Department of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers University -NJ Medical School, and a
licensed psychologist in NJ and NY. She
is Project Director of the Northern NJ Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, one
of 16 federally-designated model systems of research and care for persons with
traumatic brain injury in the US. Dr.
Chiaravalloti has obtained over 13 million dollars in grant funding since
starting her professional career in 2001, including grants from the NIH, the
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDILRR), the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the New Jersey
Commission on Traumatic Brain Injury Research, the New Jersey Commission on
Spinal Cord Injury Research, the Carl Nielson Foundation and the National
Stroke Association.
This
talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but
independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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thanks to NANCY D. CHIARAVALLOTI, TEDxHerndon, TEDx Talks and YouTube.