About this episode

Anthony Metivier shares his personal experiences and research on maintaining cognitive function and focus while facing isolation.

If you want to know how to improve cognitive function, you probably already know the basics. You need to eat well, get regular sleep, exercise consistently and maintain social connections. That last point hits me hard because as someone who has taught memory improvement for fifteen years, I recently moved away from all my friends. And I’m definitely feeling the impact of that decision. And we’re all facing the consequences of the decisions we make because everything influences the quality of our minds. So if you’d like to know what I’m personally doing to maintain focus as I age while leading an unusually isolated life, today I’m sharing my research and experiences. It’s a bit unique because I’m the author of multiple memory improvement books, an independent memory researcher and someone with a reputation to maintain in the field of mental performance. And since we all need to preserve our reputations, how I’m tackling my own concentration, memory and focus challenges might help you along your own journey. Let me share this proclamation loud and clear as we begin: Tackling challenges to my own concentration and focus is my passion…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Metivier

Topics covered

• cognitive function
• memory improvement
• mental performance
• focus
• isolation
• health

Keywords

• cognitive function
• memory
• focus
• mental performance
• health
• isolation
• memory improvement

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