Attention & Learning
Distraction, sustained attention, language, recitation, and the study of skilled performance.
Neurology in conversation with tradition
This developing IvyPandit lecture series brings Dr. Nishant K. Mishra's experience as a neurologist and physician-scientist into accessible conversations about memory, attention, emotional life, and healthy aging.
Each lecture begins with questions from everyday life. Relevant Indian texts and practices enrich the discussion, with scientific findings, traditional interpretations, and research questions identified separately.
First planned lecture
Understanding Memory: How We Remember, Why We Forget, and When to Seek Help
A community lecture for adults, families, and caregivers, with approximately 45 minutes of presentation followed by questions.
- Attention, learning, and remembering.
- Everyday forgetfulness and reasons to seek medical evaluation.
- Sleep, stress, mood, hearing, and medications as topics in memory assessment.
- Practical approaches to learning and remembering information.
- Recitation and Avadhāna as examples of cultivated skills, and questions about their relevance to everyday cognition.
Status: In preparation. A follow-up memory lecture is being developed in response to interest from the HCC Stratford community. The date and arrangements remain to be confirmed.
Recordings, slides, and reading resources will be added as they become available.
Possible future topics
Sleep & the Aging Brain
Community conversations about sleep, changes across the lifespan, and questions to bring to a clinician.
Emotional Balance & Meaning
Stress, grief, reflection, daily routines, and Indian traditions in dialogue with neuroscience and psychology.
Stroke & Brain Health
Public education drawing on Dr. Mishra's clinical and research work in vascular neurology.
These topics are under development. This page does not announce scheduled courses or clinical services.
Explore the questions behind the series
Avadhāna and the study of attention
Invite a community lecture
Temples, community organizations, universities, and professional groups are welcome to discuss a lecture adapted to their audience.
Educational lectures do not provide an individual diagnosis or treatment plan. Benefits of particular traditional practices will be discussed only to the extent supported by relevant evidence.