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    Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History
    Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History
    Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History
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    Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History

    Written by Lynne Kelly

    Narrated by Nancy Linari

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    Our brain is a muscle. Like our bodies, it needs exercise. In the last few hundred years, we have stopped training our memories and we have lost the ability to memorize large amounts of information—something our ancestors could do with ease.

    After discovering that the true purpose of monuments like Easter Island and Stonehenge were to act as memory palaces, Kelly takes this knowledge and introduces us to the best memory techniques humans have ever devised, from ancient times and the Middle Ages to methods used by today’s memory athletes. A memory champion herself, Kelly tests all these methods and demonstrate the extraordinary capacity of our brains at any age.

    For anyone who needs to memorize a speech or a script, learn anatomy or a foreign language, or prepare for an exam, Memory Craft offers proven techniques and simple strategies for anyone who has trouble remembering names or dates, or for older people who want to keep their minds agile. In addition to getting in touch with our own human and anthropological foundations, Memory Craft shows how all things mnemonic can be playful, creative, and fun. 

    Editor's Note

    Rebuild memory function…

    Modern technology (looking at you, smartphones) has led to a decrease in our ability to memorize and recall information. But just as lifting weights strengthens our biceps, there are exercises that rebuild memory function. Kelly instructs us on these exercises, but she also takes a stroll through history, exploring how memory was revered by ancient cultures.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverand Productions
    Release dateDec 21, 2021
    ISBN9781094436173
    Author

    Lynne Kelly

    Dr. Lynne Kelly is a science writer and an Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University. She lives in Melbourne, Australia and is the author of The Memory Code and Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies (Cambridge).

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    • 4/5
      Lots of great information , easily digestible , and presented in a clean uncluttered way.
    • 4/5
      A much better explanation of memory techniques than what is typically taught. It gave me a much better understanding of memory palaces, pegging, and other techniques that were just glossed over in school.