Etienne de Villers-Sidani, MD from the Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada tells us about the interesting training strategies used in his lab to study brain changes and cognition. Dr de Villers-Sidani describes how strategies using the auditory and visual systems are designed to study and help improve cognition in people with dementia. This interview was recorded at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2017, London, UK.