Memory is the stepping-stone to thinking, because without remembering facts, you cannot think, conceptualize, reason, make decisions, create. or contribute. There is no learning without memory.
Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It
Do you want to stop forgetting appointments, birthdays, and other important dates? Work more efficiently at your job? Study less and get better grades? Remember the names and faces of people you meet? The good news is that it's all possible. Your Memory will help to expand your memory abilities beyond what you thought possible. Dr. Higbee reveals how simple techniques, like the Link, Loci, Peg, and Phonetic systems, can be incorporated into your everyday life and how you can also use these techniques to learn foreign languages faster than you thought possible, remember details you would have otherwise forgotten, and overcome general absentmindedness. Higbee also includes sections on aging and memory and the latest information on the use of mnemonics.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Foer's unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.
On average, people squander forty days annually compensating for things they've forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of memory training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. Even more important, Foer found a vital truth we too often forget: In every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.
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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed–and greater understanding; shine in the classroom–and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.
From the Paperback edition.
A Sheep Falls Out of the Tree: And Other Techniques to Develop an Incredible Memory and Boost Brainpower
SUPERCHARGE YOUR BRAIN!
Discover the secrets of a world memory champion.
By the age of eighteen, Christiane Stenger had won the annual Youth World Memory Training Championship-three times! Now she shares her proven brain-boosting program to help you think smarter, faster, and better than you ever thought possible. You'll learn how to: REMEMBER lists, names, numbers, and more INCREASE your overall intelligence ENHANCE creativity and performance SCORE higher grades in school SUCCEED in work and in life
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The MasterMind Memory Technique: The Key to Better Recall!
Learn new ways to memorize information using these three easy–to–master and simple-to-use techniques. Mr. Mason discovered these techniques as a way to improve his grades in school, and you too can learn them to enhance your skills. Anyone can master these techniques and shorten their study time.
