Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disrupting dementia -- Patient zero -- How does it feel to come back from dementia? -- How to give yourself Alzheimer's : a primer -- Wit's end : from bedside to bench and back -- The God gene and the three types of Alzheimer's disease -- The "cognoscopy" : where do you stand? -- ReCODE : reversing cognitive decline -- Success and the social network : two people's daily routines -- Putting it all together : you can do it -- This is not easy : workarounds and crutches -- Resistance to change : Machiavelli meets Feynman.