You Can Learn to Remember by O'Brien, Dominic -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Dedication Contents Introduction A brief history of memory

Oral traditions The ancient greeks The ancient romans Memory’s changing fortunes Memory in modern times

The memory maze

The landscape of the mind Exercise one: catching the “jizz” Left brain, right brain Waves of memory Types of memory How memories are created Exercise two: finding your digit span The reliability of memory Exercise three: hosting a memory forum 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 Exercise four: painting a memory masterpiece The art of association The art of location The art of concentration Exercise five: a memory meditation warm-up The art of observation Exercise six: noticing the details Revision and repetition Memory and health Memory and the senses Exercise seven: the memory kaleidoscope Memory and music Exercise eight: staging a memory concert The art of recall

Memory with a map

Mnemonics Visual pegs Exercise nine: the memory forest 10-note keyboard The story method Exercise ten: making a memory chain Exercise eleven: weaving a narrative spell The journey method Exercise twelve: walking the walk Exercise thirteen: the memory house The dominic system The number-shape system Mind maps

Memory in action

Matching names and faces Exercise fourteen: what’s in a name? Keeping a date Exercise fifteen: using a mental diary Finding the right word Exercise sixteen: crossword heaven Making speeches Memory and games Exercise seventeen: memorizing cards of chance Memory at school Reading and retaining Exercise eighteen: evaluate, assimilate, remember Speed reading Exercise nineteen: checking the sense Quick-fix retrieval Exercise twenty: clearing the seabed of memory

The memory palace

Living through detail Memory massage Dealing with life’s demands Exercise twenty-one: The interview journey Time travelling Exercise twenty-two: harnessing schooldays Releasing the past Exercise twenty-three: disarming a memory The world of emotions Exercise twenty-four: rekindling the flame Keeping the mind young Exercise twenty-five: tracing connections Memory of the future

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