Worried about your forgetfulness? This Harvard-trained neuroscientist may put you at ease A neuroscientist-turned-novelist explains how memory works, and how forgetting is a normal part of life. May 3, 2021 — 12:15pm Text size Copy shortlink: What, you lost your glasses — again? And you have no idea where you parked your car? And the name of your favorite sitcom — it's on the tip of your tongue, but you just can't quite remember it? Fear not. Such minor forgetfulness is pretty normal, neuroscientist Lisa Genova told an audience of more than 750 people at a recent Zoom event, hosted by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library.