Friday 3 November 2017

Dr Emma Ward Public Engagement Talk "Memory Matters"


Dr Emma Ward gave a public engagement talk last week in Golders Green organised by the University of the Third Age. There were over 200 attendees aged 65+ years, and the topic was "memory matters". Two of our current final year UG students, Charlotte and Giulia, came along to help out. 

Emma firstly gave an overview of recent developments in this area: exploring different kinds of memory and how they are affected by the natural ageing process. She then explained how scientists test different types of memory in the lab, and some new findings and factors believed to preserve or even enhance memory with age, such as attention, mood, rhythm and music.

Alongside the talk, there was plenty of audience participation, where the audience were invited to join in some memory tests, using words flashed up on the screen, and then having to memorise them and write them down thereafter.

Feedback was excellent, and Charlotte and Giulia were even able to recruit numerous participants for their dissertation projects. The organisers commented on the professionalism of the team so well done to them for representing Middlesex in such a good light.



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