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Jackie Ford

Jackie Ford

Research Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College specializing in memory retrieval, healthy aging, and emotional memory using neuroimaging methods.

Jul 23, 2026

Down Syndrome Center Podcast

Down Syndrome Center Podcast

#230 - Memory Retrieval in Down syndrome

Jul 23 · 19m

Kishore Vellody
Kishore VellodyHOST
0:41
Jackie, before we get too far into the podcast, why don't you share, if you could, a little bit about who you are, what you do, why you love working with this population?
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
0:49
Yeah, absolutely.
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
0:50
So I'm a cognitive neuroscientist.
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
0:53
I have been studying the brain and cognition now for 15, 20 years.
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
1:00
And I kind of started largely focusing on memory.
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
1:04
So memory is really what I care about.
Jackie Ford
Jackie FordGUEST
1:07
And I'm really passionate about how we retain and are able to report those important events from our lives.

9 MINS LATER

Kishore Vellody
Kishore VellodyHOST
9:58
Walk us through, what does that look like? Are they coming in with their own pictures? How does this work?

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