Atif Hashmi, MD
Understand your brain. Think better today. Protect your thinking over time.
I'm a neurologist. I read the research on how the brain works and what changes it, then explain it in plain language, including where the evidence is strong and where it isn't. OptimizeCognition is the framework behind my videos.
The OptimizeCognition framework
Three goals for your thinking
Most brain health advice mixes these together. They are different outcomes with different evidence behind them, so I treat them separately.
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