A sheep falls out of the tree and other techniques to develop an incredible memory & boost brainpower /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stenger, Christiane.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
German
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ten reasons why you should train your memory
  • A good memory is necessary for knowledge and education
  • You can give your imagination wings
  • You will develop your creativity
  • Training strengthens your perceptions, social skills, and expressivity
  • You set guidelines for collaborative and flexible thinking
  • You develop a sense of time and good time-management skills
  • You increase your motivation, self-confidence, and self-awareness and learn to take responsibility for your actions
  • You improve your concentration
  • You think faster and improve your intellectual capacity
  • You deal with stress more effectively
  • How good is your memory? : Quiz yourself!
  • Motivation: the key to success
  • A quick way to remember lists
  • The route method
  • Memory : what you should know about the human brain
  • Understanding the brain
  • Understanding how memory works
  • How can you improve your memory?
  • Visualization : using the power of imagery
  • Associating new information with what you already know
  • Reviewing the important things
  • How you can train your memory
  • Memory training
  • The route method
  • The master system, why the sheep falls out of the tree
  • How to use these mnemonic techniques
  • Numbers
  • Words
  • Auditory memory training
  • Practicing what you've learned
  • How to apply these techniques
  • Using mnemonic techniques in daily practice
  • Interactions with friends, neighbors and customers
  • Everyday situations
  • School and work
  • Developing specialized memory techniques
  • Playing cards
  • Binary numbers
  • Starting training
  • Five tips for beginners
  • The first seven days
  • Words and numbers
  • Six tips to keep you going
  • Other ways to keep mentally fit
  • Focusing your perceptions
  • Juggling
  • Games
  • Mental arithmetic
  • Concentration exercises
  • Final quiz, see how much you've improved!