improving your Memory for Dummies
Subtitle: Sharpen you memory skills the fun and easy way!
Edition: Pocket Edition
Series: The Dummies Way
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN, USA; Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780470224076
Copyright date: 2008
Table of contents: label: Contents at a Glance; title: 1
label: Introduction; title: 1
label: About This Book; title: 2
label: What You're Not to Read; title: 2
label: Foolish Assumptions; title: 3
label: Icons Used in This Book; title: 3
label: Where to Go from Here; title: 5
label: Chapter 1: Cultivating Your Memory Skills; title: 6
label: Wondering about Skips in Your Memory; title: 7
label: Being present rather than absentminded; title: 8
label: On the tip of your tongue; title: 8
label: Unblock the block; title: 9
label: Clearing the Air of Random Noise and Ridiculous Ideas; title: 10
label: Improving Your Memory; title: 11
label: Discovering what your memory skills are; title: 13
label: Feeding your brain properly; title: 14
label: Avoiding foods, drinks, and drugs that depress memory; title: 15
label: Growing older and wiser; title: 15
label: Working your memory systems; title: 17
label: Keeping your mind sharp; title: 21
label: Chapter 2 : Tricking Yourself into Remembering; title: 22
label: Introducing Mnemonics, Your Memory Sidekick; title: 23
label: Hanging Memories on Pegs; title: 25
label: Putting Memories into Familiar Places; title: 27
label: Telling Yourself a Story to Link Memories; title: 27
label: Remembering a list without paper and pencil; title: 28
label: Weaving a story to recall a list; title: 31
label: Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Your Forgetfulness; title: 32
label: Cutting through Memory Fog; title: 32
label: Repressing your memory of your dentist appointment; title: 33
label: Listening selectively; title: 34
label: Getting It Down Cold by Overlearning; title: 37
label: Getting Organized; title: 38
label: Tagging; title: 39
label: Chunking; title: 41
label: Getting the Meaning of the Memory; title: 43
label: Chapter 4: Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Grow Older; title: 44
label: Making Full Use of a Vintage Brain; title: 45
label: Reducing stress, keeping the blood flowing; title: 46
label: Compensating for your graying senses; title: 47
label: Mental Gymnastics: Inflating the Shrinking Brain; title: 50
label: Keeping your neurons from shrinking; title: 50
label: Keeping pleasure in your life; title: 51
label: Becoming an Old Dog Who Remembers New Tricks; title: 52
label: Branching out of routine; title: 53
label: Educating your memory skills; title: 54
label: Getting Artsy