How does learning happen?

Wendy Suzuki (Author & Professor, NYU Stern School of Business)


Wendy Suzuki talks about the research she has done on how learning takes place in the brain. She talks about how one can hear brain cell activity with special equipment when a person is learning and what that means for retained memories.

Wendy Suzuki

Author & Professor, NYU Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University. Her major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. She is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. More recently her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans. She the author of Healthy Brain, Happy Life, a book that Take us on an amazing journey inside the brain unlocking the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our lives.

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Wendy Suzuki

Author & Professor, NYU

Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University. Her major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. She is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. More recently her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans. She the author of Healthy Brain, Happy Life, a book that Take us on an amazing journey inside the brain unlocking the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our lives.

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Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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