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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lisa_GenovaLisa Genova - Wikipedia

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   Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist [1] and author. She self-published her debut novel, Still Alice (2007), [2] about a Harvard University professor who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

2. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blog"Still Alice": An Extraordinary Account of Alzheimer's Disease

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   Apr 20, 2022 · In Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice, Alice Howland, a professor of psychology at Harvard, develops early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 50. She begins to suspect that something is wrong when...

3. www.npr.org › 2024/03/01 › 1198908564Lisa Genova on Alzheimer's, memory, and how to keep our ... - NPR

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   Mar 1, 2024 · Our brains are magnificently complex - and highly fallible. This hour, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explains how to keep our brains healthy and what to do when something goes wrong.

4. www.ted.com › speakers › lisa_genovaLisa Genova | Speaker - TED

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   Lisa Genova wields her ability to tell a story and her knowledge of the human brain to discuss medical conditions like Alzheimer's in warmly human terms. Her writing, often focusing on those who are misunderstood, explores the lives of people living with neurological diseases and disorders.

5. www.pbs.org › newshour › artsHow do you spot Alzheimer’s? Neuroscientist, author behind ...

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   Feb 10, 2015 · “Still Alice” author Lisa Genova, who has her PhD. in neuroscience, writes about families coping with neurological diseases or disorders, which she says are often “ignored, feared or...

6. www.alzforum.org › profiles › interview-lisa-genovaInterview with Lisa Genova - ALZFORUM

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   To write Still Alice, Genova read every book she could find on Alzheimer's and interviewed neurologists (one of whom she shadowed for two days at the Massachusetts General Hospital Memory Disorders Unit), general practice physicians, research scientists, genetics counselors, and social workers.

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   Who is Lisa Genova?

   • Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist [ 1] and author. She self-published her debut novel, Still Alice (2007), [ 2] about a Harvard University professor who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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   Why should you read Lisa Genova?

   • Through her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable. Lisa Genova wields her ability to tell a story and her knowledge of the human brain to discuss medical conditions like Alzheimer's in warmly human terms.

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   Is Lisa Genova's 'Still Alice' a good book?

   • Lisa Genova's novel "Still Alice" gives a sense of what if feels like to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Genova uses the literary technique of focalization to tell the story from Alice's point of view. The novel is likely to be enlightening to family members and other people close to Alzheimer's sufferers.

   "Still Alice": An Extraordinary Account of Alzheimer's Disease

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   How does Lisa Genova use Focalization in Still Alice?

   • Genova uses the literary technique of focalization to tell the story from Alice's point of view. The novel is likely to be enlightening to family members and other people close to Alzheimer's sufferers. In Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice, Alice Howland, a professor of psychology at Harvard, develops early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 50.

   "Still Alice": An Extraordinary Account of Alzheimer's Disease

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8. womensbrainhealth.org › experts › dr-lisa-genovaAbout 5 — Women's Brain Health Initiative

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   Dr. Lisa Genova PhD, Neuroscientist, Bestselling Author Lisa Genova is masterful at inspiring organizations and people to gain greater insight into empathy, brain health, and the science of memory.