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HIPPOCAMERA Peer-reviewed research shows that using the HippoCamera mobile app three minutes a day can boost recall of life's everyday moments by over 50%. Developed through the research of RRI Senior Scientist and Dr. Max and Gianna Glassman Chair Dr. Morgan Barense, HippoCamera is a neuroscience- guided, personalized mobile platform that enhances activity in the hippocampus, a brain region essential for preserving vivid memories. HippoCamera is the only app that combines enjoyable reminiscence activities with demonstrated memory benefits, and can be used in a structured reminiscence program or individually. Users are directed to record video and voice annotations, and replay daily events. Using science-backed strategies that incorporate how the brain encodes and processes memories, it helps strengthen and preserve recall over time, leading to better memory recall. GOAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING TM & TELUS HEALTH Baycrest's Goal Management Training TM (GMT), led by RRI Senior Scientist Dr. Brian Levine, is based on decades of research on executive functions (cognitive abilities that allow us to stay focused and efficient when completing everyday tasks) in people with age-related cognitive impairment, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions. GMT is a standardized, therapist-guided, cognitive rehabilitation program tailored for the treatment of cognitive changes in mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance use, brain fog (as in post-COVID-19 and other infectious conditions), and for healthy individuals who want to improve their everyday function. Validated by more than 75 peer-reviewed published studies, GMT is an empirically supported protocol for improving executive function. It improves organizational skills, in turn improving performance of everyday tasks, especially ones that are complex and attention demanding. GMT is now available online to community-based clients through TELUS Health CBT, a cognitive behavioural therapy program. The Bradstreet Family Foundation has provided generous support for GMT research and development. "This crazy idea we had over lunch one day was, can we design a computer or an app to mimic that function of the brain that is compromised in Alzheimer's disease? It's called the HippoCamera." Dr. Morgan Barense, Dr. Max and Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology, Baycrest and University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, RRI 18 BAYCREST ACADEMY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Objective 2.2 Translate research into practical tools, services, and programs that directly benefit older persons.

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