You can learn to remember change your thinking, change your life

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Dominic (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Watkins Publishing, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of memory (Oral tradition ; The ancient Greeks ; The ancient Romans ; Memory's changing fortunes ; Memory in modern times)
  • The memory maze (The landscape of the mind ; Left brain, right brain ; Waves of memory ; Types of memory ; How memories are created ; The reliability ; Sleep, dreams and memory ; Memory and learning ; Theories of forgetting ; Lost memory ; Memory in children ; Memory and aging)
  • Enticing the echoes (The memory gymnasium ; The art of memory ; The art of imagination ; The art of association ; The art of location ; The art of concentration ; The art of observation ; Revision and repetition ; Memory and health ; Memory and the senses ; Memory and music ; The art of recall).
  • Memory with a map (Mnemonics ; Visual pegs ; The story method ; The journey method ; The Dominic system ; The number-shape system ; Mind maps)
  • Memory in action (Matching names and faces ; Keeping a date ; Finding the right word ; Making speeches ; Memory and games ; Memory at school ; Reading and retaining ; Speed reading ; Quick-fix retrieval)
  • The memory palace (Living through detail ; Memory massage ; Dealing with life's demands ; Time travelling ; Releasing the past ; The world of emotions ; Keeping the mind young ; Memory of the future).