Memory & the Brain-Changing Benefits of Sleep with Neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuku is joining Getting Better this week teaching us to how to care for the brain. Do supplements really work? And the research and science proven brain-changing benefits of exercise, sleep, movement and food. We're diving into memory and how our brains actually memorize. And diving into how we keep our minds and brains from aging to prevent cognitive decline, white matter changes, cortical thinning. So how do we begin taking better care of our brain so that our learning capabilities, memory and cognitive abilities stay young. Full Video Episodes now available on YouTube. You can follow Dr. Wendy Suzuki on Instagram @wendysuzuki. Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Our senior producer is Chris McClure. Our editor, engineer, & videographer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is composed by Chris McClure & Nathanael McClure Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Better Babes. I'm Jonathan Van Ness and welcome back to getting better, honey. Where did I put that
0:05.6	piece of paper that I had yesterday? Our memories, honey. Why? How? Can we improve what's going on in
0:14.1	this little memory of ours? We have the most iconic guest ever to talk about this. The Dean of the
0:18.8	College of Arts and Sciences at NYU, not too shabby,
0:21.9	Queen. Dr. Wendy Suzuki, Dr. Suzuki, welcome to getting better, honey.
0:26.5	Thank you so much, Jonathan. I'm so happy to be here. Do we like Dr. Wendy? Do we like
0:30.8	Dr. Suzuki? How do you want me to address you, Queen? Just call me Wendy. Are you sure?
0:34.6	Absolutely. Because you worked really hard for that doctor. I did. I did. But we know each other now. Okay. Oh my God. Wendy. Okay. Well, so welcome to getting better. So here's the one thing about me that's really interesting. When I was 17 in college, I memorized the entire rap to Waterfalls by Lisa Left Eye. Okay. Lobeyes. Yeah. Yeah. I memorized the entire rap to Waterfalls by Lisa Left Eye. Okay. Um, Loebaz. I remember it to
0:58.7	this day. Yeah. I can do it on a, I can do it anytime, anywhere. Yeah. Really any condition. It's like
1:04.9	very emblazoned in my memory. Why do I remember that so well? But then I, like, can't find my phone? Here's why. There
1:12.5	are three things that make memory stick. Number one is repetition. I bet you did it over and over and over.
1:18.0	Yeah, about five hours. There was a list of drug use involved. Okay. Number two is association. Do you have
1:23.1	good, warm memories associated with learning that and performing it?
1:27.8	Yeah.
1:28.4	Yeah?
1:28.9	Okay.
1:29.3	That helps.
1:30.4	But the third one is the kicker.
1:32.9	Emotional Resonance.
1:34.7	Are you connected to that song?
1:37.2	Oh, my God.
1:38.0	Yes.
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