Train Your Brain.
A practical guide to creative memory techniques. By Squadron Leader Jayasimha.
Train Your Brain is a practical guide to creative memory techniques for students, parents and working people. Squadron Leader Jayasimha explains how memory really works and why we forget. Then he teaches the methods step by step: the link story, the Method of Loci, the phonetic number system, pegs, mnemonics and his own Three-Dimensional Memory System. You also get exercises, puzzles and plain advice on sleep, food, concentration, and remembering names and faces.
You will learn to
- Remember a list of ten or more items in order using a story
- Store a shopping list or speech points along a familiar route in your house
- Turn phone numbers and dates into pictures using the phonetic number system
- Plan your revision so that chapters stay fresh instead of being crammed
- Remember the name of a person you meet, using three simple steps
- Build your own mnemonics and calm yourself before an exam with focused breathing
Who this book is for
- School and college students who want to study faster and remember more for exams
- Parents and teachers who want to help children learn without stress
- Working people who forget names, numbers and appointments
There is nothing like good memory and poor memory. There is only trained or untrained memory.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
When you ask powerful questions, you get powerful answers.
What is inside.
- Preface
- Foreword
- Creative Memory
- Mental Barriers
- Factors Affecting Memory
- Laws of Memory
- Mechanical Method
- Judicious Techniques
- Mnemonics
- Acronyms
- Creative Visualization
- Method of Loci
- Phonetic Method
- Pegging Method
- Substitution Method
- Rhymes Method
- Three-Dimensional Memory System
- Using Both Sides of Your Brain
- Alpha Mind Power
- Neurobics: Boost Your Brain Power
- Food and Memory
- Age and Memory
- Sleep and Memory
- Puzzles and Answer Key
- Creativity and Memory
- Concentration and Will Power
- Art of Remembering Names and Faces
- Memory Tips
- A Final Word
