abstract images, memorizing 137–40
acronyms 152–3
alcohol 185–6
appointments, memorizing 166–9, 170
associations, making 27–8, 29–32, 33–6, 37–41
for names 130–32
for abstract images 137–8
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) 169–71, 192
Audio Visual Stimulation (AVS) 119, 120
binary digits, memorizing 124–8
books, memorizing 176–8
brain function 12–13, 40, 62, 63–4, 114–20, 127, 171
maintaining healthy 179–89
Carvello, Creighton 19, 20, 68, 86, 122, 123
Cattell, Raymond 190
company training sessions,
memorizing 148
concentration 192
conversations, keeping track of 169–73
crystallized intelligence 190–91
dates, memorizing 156–7
Distributed-Practice Effect 162–3
for playing cards 104–7
Ebbinghaus, Hermann 161–2
electroencephalogram (EEG) 114
emotions 29–32, 39, 72, 112–13
everyday memory training 164–73
exercise, physical 180–82
facts, memorizing 149–53
fluid intelligence 190–92
“forgetting threshold” 135, 158
Ginkgo biloba extract 185
Hancock, Jonathan 70
jokes, memorizing 146–8
Journey Method 48–52, 53–62, 63–7
internal/external locations 66, 73
for relaxation 183
Konrad, Boris 130
loci 55
episodic 64–5
memory journey bank 68–74
mnemonics 150–53
Mnemosyne 152
names and faces, memorizing 73, 117, 129–36
neurofeedback 119
number one hits, memorizing 149–50, 151
number–rhymes 84–6
numbers, memorizing 17, 81–9, 90–95, 96–9, 197, 200–201
O’Brien, Dominic
accident as a baby 25
casino bans 108
celebrity 129
early efforts 19–22
improvement with age 179
timeline, achievements 207
training regimes 117, 181, 185–6, 188–9
work with schoolchildren 202–6
World Memory Champion 79, 121–3
world records 70, 76, 123, 125
party tricks 174–8
pi, memorizing 86–8
playing cards, memorizing 19–22, 43–52, 70, 74, 76–8, 110–13
for card games 108–9
party tricks 174–6
primacy and recency 158–61
Proust, Marcel 28
reading skills 155–6
relaxation 182–3
review strategies 75–80, 105–7, 135, 158–63
Rule of Five 76–80, 105–7, 158
Simonides of Ceos 55
sleep 187
Snowden, David 179–80
spatial learning strategy 63–4
speeches, memorizing 73, 141–5
speed of memorization 110–13
Sperry, Roger 12
stimulation, mental 186–7
study and learning 154–63
technological aids 117, 119, 120
Twain, Mark 141
whist 108–9
words, memorizing 16–17, 196–7, 198–9
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