Delivery/Location: Fort Collins
This course is offered through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University. You must be a member of Osher to enroll in this course.
Baby-Boomers can age more gracefully than any generation before! New breakthroughs in the neurosciences have uncovered previously unexpected healing and resiliency in the human brain, along with unprecedented studies of neuroplasticity allowing enhancement of mental functions.
We can teach our minds to register, retain, and retrieve details more efficiently. Cognitive science is now providing evidence that brain cells respond to novel mental stimulation and we can build new connections to keep our minds sharp. This course offers an historical overview of how humans have used various memory strategies, beginning with the ancient Greeks and the use of mnemonics.
You will learn specific strategies to organize and associate new information. You will learn how memory experts can demonstrate extraordinary acts of remembering names, faces, numbers, and facts of all kinds.
Now don't forget to come to class! (smile)
Recommended Reading:
- Small, G. (2001). The Memory Bible, University of California at Los Angeles, Hyperion Press.
The Reader's Cove Book Store (1001 East Harmony; 907-266-1618) will give Osher members a 20% discount on this book.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Instructors
Doug Strachan completed coursework for the PhD in Psychology and attained certification from the Colorado Department of Education in School Psychology. Following two years serving eight schools, he returned to Fort Collins to join a private practice, specializing in neuropsychology. Assessment and treatment of patients with acquired traumatic brain injury allowed effective neurological recovery and training of cognitive skills such as memory, attention, speed of processing, problem solving, judgment, organizational skills, tracking, and reaction time.
1 Section Available
- Section 106 (Fort Collins)
- Date: Sep. 17 - Oct. 8, 2008 (4 wks.)
- Time: W; 6 pm - 8 pm
- Location: Columbine Health's Market Place Bldg.
802 West Drake
Fort Collins, CO - Instructors: Doug Strachan
- Tuition: $60
- Only 9 seats left! Registration ends Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008
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Jean Morgenweck(303) 573-6318
jmorgenweck@learn.colostate.edu