Max your memory : the complete visual program

A compendium of exercises, strategies, tips, and techniques to sharpen memory skills, __Max Your Memory__ is the first visually led, memory-improving program to be fully illustrated with infographics. __Max Your Memory__ helps boost memory power with techniques and tests for the ultimate brain workout. Each exercise chapter includes engaging puzzles, games, and exercises that will help sharpen one's memory in ways big and small. And self-assessments at the beginning of each chapter help readers chart their progress as they go along. Contents 4 6 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 6 8 1 YOU ARE WHAT YOU REMEMBER 8 11 What is memory? 10 12 Does memory work automatically? 12 14 Where in the brain do you keep your memories? 14 16 Why do we forget? 16 18 Exercises to show why we forget 18 20 Can you improve your memory? 20 22 Your plastic brain 22 24 Finding your way around an urban jungle 24 26 Check-out 26 28 2 GONE IN A FEW BLINKS OF THE EYE (SHORT-TERM MEMORY) 28 31 Check-in: how well do you remember the very recent past? 30 32 What is short-term memory? 34 36 Visual short-term memory 36 38 Working memory 38 40 Super technique: be attentive to boost your working memory 40 42 Exercises to test your concentration 42 44 Check-out: exercise your short-term memory 44 46 3 IMPRINTING IT ON YOUR MIND (LONG-TERM MEMORY) 52 55 Check-in: how well do you remember the past? 54 56 What is long-term memory? 58 60 Why do you never forget how to ride a bike? 60 62 Super technique: how to boost your memory of past events? 62 64 Create personal meaning 64 66 Does learning by rote work? 66 68 Check-out: exercise your long-term memory 68 70 4 LEAVING A VIVID IMPRESSION ON YOUR MIND (IMAGINATION AND MEMORY) 76 79 Check-in: what’s your imagination like? 78 80 How does visualization boost memory? 82 84 How do special moments stick in your mind? 84 86 Why can’t you get that song out of your head? 86 88 Super technique: the Link System 88 90 Practice using the Link System 90 92 Super technique: the Journey Method 92 94 Practice using the Journey Method 94 96 Check-out: exercise your imagination for a better memory 96 98 5 CREATING AN ORDERLY CABINET OF MEMORIES (ORGANIZATION AND MEMORY) 104 107 Check-in: how organized is your mind? 106 108 Why keeping an orderly mind boosts your memory 110 112 Ordering information 112 114 Super technique: the Peg System 114 116 Practice using the Peg System 116 118 Super technique: create Mind Webs 118 120 Practice using Mind Webs 120 122 Check-out: exercise organizing information into solid memories 122 124 6 REMEMBERING NAMES AND FACES 130 133 Check-in: how well do you remember names and faces 132 134 Super technique: the 3-Step Memory Booster 136 138 Practice using the 3-Step Memory Booster 138 140 Check-out: exercise your memory for names and faces 140 142 7 REMEMBERING NUMBERS 146 149 Check-in: do you have a head for storing numbers? 148 150 The beauty of chunking 152 154 Super technique: the Number-Association System 154 156 Practice using the Number-Association System 156 158 Check-out: exercise your memory for numbers 158 160 8 OPTIMIZING YOUR BODY AND MIND (HEALTH AND MEMORY) 164 167 It’s not what it once was! Does age affect memory? 166 168 I’m losing my mind! How to manage stress 168 170 De-stress with yoga 170 172 The importance of sleep 172 174 Foods to sharpen your thinking 174 176 Exercise to jog the memory 176 178 THE FINAL WORD 178 180 SOLUTIONS 180 182 RESOURCES 186 188 INDEX/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 188 190 "Boost your memory power with the ultimate brain workout. Max Your Memory with this fun programme packed with 200 fun exercises, puzzles, tips and strategies to sharpen your memory skills. Designed to improve all aspects of your memory including long-term, short-term, visual and organisational, you'll also find helpful tricks that can be applied in everyday life helping you remember all those phone numbers, faces and names that seem to slip your mind. Use the helpful check-in and check-out boxes to record your score and chart your progress as you improve"--Publisher's description.