Learn to Remember: Practical Techniques and Exercises to Improve Your Memory Book

Introduction	8
A Brief History of Memory From ancient times to the modern
age	12
Oral Traditions	14
The Ancient Greeks	16
The Ancient Romans	18
Memory's Changing Fortunes	19
Memory in Modern Times	22
The Memory Maze How memory works	24
The Landscape of the Mind	26
Exercise one: Catching the "Jizz"	29
Left Brain, Right Brain	30
Waves of Memory	32
Types of Memory	34
How Memories are Created	40
Exercise two: Finding Your Digit Span	43
The Reliability of Memory	44
Exercise three: Hosting a Memory Forum	47
Sleep, Dreams and Memory	48
Memory and Learning	50
Theories of Forgetting	52
Lost Memory	54
Memory inChildren	56
Memory and Aging	58
Enticing the Echoes How to improve your memory	60
The Memory Gymnasium	62
The Art of Memory	64
The Art of Imagination	68
Exercise four: Painting a Memory Masterpiece	71
The Art of Association	72
The Art of Location	74
The Art of Concentration	76
Exercise five: A Memory Meditation Warm-up	77
The Art of Observation	78
Exercise six: Noticing the Details	79
Revision and Repetition	80
Memory and Health	82
Memory and the Senses	84
Exercise seven: The Memory Kaleidoscope	85
Memory and Music	86
Exercise eight: Staging a Memory Concert	87
The Art of Recall	88
Memory with a Map Discovering memory techniques	92
Mnemonics	94
Visual Pegs	96
Exercise nine: The Memory Forest 10-note Keyboard	97
The Story Method	98
Exercise ten: Making a Memory Chain	99
Exercise eleven: Weaving a Narrative Spell	101
The Journey Method	102
Exercise twelve: Walking the Walk	105
Exercise thirteen: The Memory House	107
The Dominic System	108
The Number-Shape System	110
Mind Maps	112
Memory in Action Memory techniques for everyday life	114
Matching Names and Faces	116
Exercise fourteen: What's in a Name?	117
Keeping a Date	118
Exercise fifteen: Using a Mental Diary	119
Finding the Right Word	120
Exercise sixteen: Crossword Heaven	121
Making Speeches	122
Memory and Games	124
Exercise seventeen: Memorizing Cards of Chance	127
Memory at School	128
Reading and Retaining	130
Exercise eighteen: Evaluate, Assimilate, Remember	131
Speed Reading	132
Exercise nineteen: Checking the Sense	133
Quick-fix Retrieval	134
Exercise twenty: Clearing the Sea-bed of Memory	135
The Memory Palace Gain fulfilment through memory	136
Living Through Detail	138
Memory Massage	140
Dealing with Life's Demands	142
Exercise twenty-one: The Interview Journey	143
Time Travelling	144
Exercise twenty-two: Harnessing Schooldays	145
Releasing the Past	146
Exercise twenty-three: Disarming a Memory	147
The World of Emotions	148
Exercise twenty-four: Rekindling the Flame	149
Keeping the Mind Young	150
Exercise twenty five: Tracing Connections	151
Memory of the Future	152
Bibliography	154
Index	156
Acknowledgments	160