Dr. Norman Swan: The Brain Cliff

Join us as Dr Norman Swan sits down with Fran Kelly, to discuss his latest book The Brain Cliff.

WHEN: Wednesday, 2nd September, at Paddington Uniting Church. Please arrive when the doors open at 6:30pm for a prompt 7pm start. The event concludes at 8:30pm, after the book signing.

Parking can sometimes be difficult, so please leave enough time. There is also a parking facility close by.

TICKETS: 

Admission: $20.00 (excluding external fees). Includes admission for one to the event and wine (or a beverage) upon arrival.

Admission + Book: $50.00 (excluding external fees). Includes admission for one to the event, a copy of The Brain Cliff (RRP: $34.99), and a wine (or beverage) upon arrival.

The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge.

What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss which leads to dementia.

Dr Norman Swan, one of Australia's most trusted doctors, shows us that we've been thinking about brain ageing the wrong way. It doesn't need to be about decline and deficit. It's about how to help our brains adapt, become resilient and maintain cognitive function - and it's much more than what we eat, how we exercise or our genes.

Dr Swan has interviewed people from around the world in their 90s and 100s who still have remarkable cognitive function. These cognitive super-agers have very different life stories, but it turns out that underneath they're pretty much the same, with lessons that will help us all in our 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond.

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