Dr. Gary Small
•Expert on the Brain, Memory and Aging
•Bestselling Author of The Memory Bible
After psychiatry training at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Gary Small joined the
faculty at UCLA, where he is the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging, a Professor
of Psychiatry, and Director of both the UCLA Memory Clinic and the UCLA Center
on Aging. Dr. Small leads an internationally acclaimed research team that has
been at the forefront of discoveries on detection and prevention of brain aging
and memory loss. He lectures and consults extensively throughout the world, and
has been a frequent guest on 20/20, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN,
NBC Nightly News and CBS News. Dr. Small’s discoveries and opinions have been
featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, USA Today, Science,
and The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Small is also the author of The
Memory Bible and iBrain.
The Memory Bible
Based on his bestselling book, Dr. Small shows audiences how to create an
individualized memory fitness program using his innovative strategies, such as
memory training, mental aerobics, a healthy brain diet, stress reduction and a
variety of other lifestyle choices. He explains how we can improve our memory
performance immediately and stave off, possibly even prevent future memory
decline, keeping our brains young and healthy for the rest of our lives.
Technology and Your Brain
Dr. Small shows reveals the remarkable brain evolution caused by the constant
presence of technology today, separating the digital natives – those born in the
computer age – from the digital immigrants, who discovered computer technology
as adults. Today’s frenetic progress in technology, communications, and
lifestyles is evolving the way young brains develop, function, and process
information – creating new neural pathways and altering brain activity at a
biochemical level. Dr. Gary Small elucidates the strategies and tools that we
need to enhance our technological, social, and empathic abilities, including:
• Key strategies for bridging the brain gap
• Empathy upgrades for digital natives
• A technology toolkit for digital immigrants
• Tips for managing techno-brain burnout
• Ways to avoid video game-brain
• Strategies for beating high-tech addiction
• Social skills for re-connecting face-to-face
Dr. Gary Small is a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute and
directs the Memory and Aging Research Center and the UCLA Center on Aging. He is
one of the world's leading experts on brain science and has published numerous
books and articles. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world's
top innovators in science and technology, and he frequently appears on The Today
Show, Good Morning America, 20/20 and CNN. Dr. Small has invented the first
brain scan that allows doctors to see the physical evidence of brain aging and
Alzheimer's disease in living people. Among his numerous breakthrough research
studies, he now leads a team of neuroscientists who are demonstrating that
exposure to computer technology causes rapid and profound changes in brain
neural circuitry.
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