What is the meaning of memory? Imagine waking up one day with no memory from the time you were 15. That’s what happened to a woman in the Maritimes. She went into cardiac arrest and was in a coma for three weeks.
She was 29 at the time but when she awoke, she was a child again.
It’s such an incredible story that I reached out to Dr. Howard Chertkow, a cognitive neurologist. I wanted to find out how this could happen, and to explore more about memory’s function, how we can preserve it, and how it affects who we are.
Info on Guest:
Dr. Howard Chertkow is a cognitive neurologist and Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, and senior scientist with the Rotman Research Institute:
www.baycrest.org/Baycrest/Res...
Dr. Chertkow on reducing your risk of dementia: / 254144695551740
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