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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW

Additional Reading

Some of our speakers have provided additional reading to accompany their lecture topic. If you're interested in learning more, you can check out the reading list they've provided.

Journey Into the Brain

Neuroscience Basics 

Brain Bytes: Quick Answers to Quirky Questions About the Brain by Eric Chudler and Lisa Johnson

Neuropedia: A Brief Compendium of Brain Phenomena by Eric Chudler

The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman

The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Prat 

Dana Foundation Resources 

Society for Neuroscience Brain Facts 

Neuromyths 

Neuromyths: Debunking False Ideas About the Brain by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brains? 

Moonstruck! Does The Full Moon Influence Behavior? 

Dementia & Memory Loss

Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimer's Association Recommended Reading

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dementia

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer's and Dementia

National Institute on Aging: Brain Health

Getting a Good Night's Sleep: A Key to Aging Well

End the Insomnia Struggle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep by Colleen Ehrnstrom and Alisha L. Brosse

Say Good Night to Insomnia by Gregg D. Jacobs

Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Sleep Foundation: Sleep Diary

The Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Alzheimer's Dementia: An Introduction to Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention

Alzheimer's vs. Dementia: What Is the Difference?

Cognitive Assessment Tools

How Biomarkers Help Diagnose Dementia

Medications for Memory, Cognition and Dementia-Related Behaviors

The Differences Between Normal Aging and Dementia

UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center

Alzheimer’s Association - WA Chapter / Hotline: (800) 272-3900

Local Area Agency on Aging

Dementia Roadmap and Dementia Legal Planning Toolkit

Dementia Friendly America and Dementia Friends WA

The Secret Lives of Memories

Chantel Prat

Cognition and Cortical Dynamics Laboratory

Memory Problems, Forgetfulness and Aging

The Legacy of Patient H.M. for Neuroscience

The Neuroscience of You by Chantel Prat

What Is Memory?

What Is the Default Mode Network?

Concussions: Prevention, Evaluation & Treatment

Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas

Concussion (movie)

HEADS UP to Youth Sports Coaches: Online Concussion Training

Lystedt Concussion Law Made U.S. Sports Safer

NFL Player Health & Safety

What Is CTE: Understanding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

How Do We Discern Reliable Science From Less Reliable Science?

Beall's List of Potential Predatory Journals 

BioRxiv

Calling Bullshit

Center for an Informed Public

Consensus

Jevin West

Retraction Watch

Optimizing Brain Health With Nutrition

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

How Nutrition Impacts the Brain and Mental Health

MIND and Mediterranean Diets Linked to Fewer Signs of Alzheimer’s Brain Pathology

Recipes [.pdf]

Stroke & the Brain

American Stroke Association

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: About Stroke

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Stroke

A Neurosurgeon’s Guide to Stroke

Mayo Clinic: Stroke

Brain Injury Association of America: What is a Stroke?

Pain & the Brain

International Association for the Study of Pain

US Association for the Study of Pain

Pain (National Institutes of Health)

The science of pain: What is it and why is it so hard to measure?

Rx for Brain Health: Thoughtful Medication Management for Older Adults

FDA Dietary Supplements

NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

Precautions With Over-the-Counter Drugs

Gains & Losses in the World of Weight: How the Brain & Hormones Control Your Weight

World Health Organization: Obesity and Overweight

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Diabetes

The Leptin System and Diet: A Mini Review of the Current Evidence

Your Brain vs. Your Appetite [Infographic] 

National Institute on Aging: Maintaining a Healthy Weight