Index
71
L
language skills, 7, 56, 57
learning:
and aging, 8
new skills, 13, 14
retention and recall, 60–61
studying for exams, 59
letters:
passwords, 48
Phonetic Letter Technique, 37,
48, 56
lines, learning, 53
listening:
Number Rhyme System, 42
studying for exams, 58
lists:
acronyms, 36
Journey Technique, 38–41
long-term, 62
memory aids, 62
patterns, 23
locations, Journey Technique, 30,
38–41
“loci technique,” 38
long-term lists, 62
long-term memory, 13
Luria, A.R., 42
M
math, mental arithmetic, 66
meditation, 20
meetings, taking notes, 64
memory:
aging, 8
aids, 62–65
applying techniques,
48–69
developing potential,
18–27
differing recollections, 7
failure of, 8
how memory works,
10–13
and individuality, 6
and IQ, 9
keeping active, 66–67
training, 14–15, 28–47
mental arithmetic, 66
mental planners, 50–51
mental notebooks, 49
Mind Mapping, 46–47
public speaking, 52
reading skills, 54
studying for exams, 59
minerals, in diet, 19
mnemonics, 38
N
names, remembering, 32–35
negative thinking, 22
neurons, 10, 11
neurotransmitters, 11, 19
newspapers, 66, 67
numbers, 9
card games, 56
chess, 56
mental arithmetic, 66
Number Rhyme System, 42–43
Number Shape System, 42,
44–45
PINs, 48
remembering dates, 49
nutrition, 19
O
observation, 29
Omega-3 fatty acids, 19
oxygen supply, brain, 20
P
passwords, 37, 48
patterns, 23, 28
PDAs (Personal Digital
Assistants), 65
personal organizers, 63
Phonetic Letter Technique, 37
chess, 56
passwords, 48
PINs, 48
planners, 63, 64
mental planners, 50–51
plans, action, 24–25, 61
plays, learning lines, 53
poetry, learning, 53
positive thinking, 22, 23
presentations, 52–53
public speaking, 52–53
Q
questionnaires, 16–17, 68–69
quotations, learning, 53
R
reading skills, 54, 55
keeping memory active, 66, 67
recall, 60–61
record keeping, 64
relaxation, 20
retention, 60–61
reviewing information, 60–61
rhymes, remembering numbers,
42–43
Romans, 38
Room Technique, 38
Rubik’s Cube, 9
S
self-belief, 26
self-talk, 23, 51, 62
sensory information, 12, 29
Shereshevsky (“S”), 42
short-term memory, 12
sight, 29
Simonides of Ceos, 38
skills:
improving, 54–55
learning new, 13
sleep, 21
SLUG technique, remembering
names, 34–35
SMART formula, setting goals,
24–25
spatial awareness, 9
speeches, 52–53
sports, 55
stress, 20
study skills, 15, 58–59
synapses, 11
T
temperature, body, 21
thalamus, 10
thinking patterns, 22–23
time management:
mental planners, 50–51
reducing stress, 20
traces, creating memories, 11, 13
triggers, sensory information, 12
Twain, Mark, 52
V
vacations, 20, 62
visual thinking, 29
patterns, 28
remembering numbers, 44
vitamins, 19
vocabulary, learning languages, 57
W
words:
learning languages, 57
passwords, 48
remembering, 36–37
word games, 66
work, efficiency at, 15
working memory, 12
writing lists, 62
written plans, retention
and recall, 60