Memory Power 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Better Learning for Students, Businesspeople, and Seniors

By W. R. Klemm

A neuroscientist provides over 200 tips, grounded in research, to help you retain information.
 
Billions of dollars are spent each year on herbs, vitamins, and drugs that can supposedly help you build a better memory or preserve the skills you have. With over 200 well-researched tips and 300 scholarly references, Memory Power 101 is an effective and affordable way for students to get better grades, professionals to build confidence, and seniors to take control of their brain health.
 
Dr. Klemm explains the different kinds of memories and how they are stored and accessed in everyday situations. He offers advice on learning how to focus and pay attention so that key pieces of information are more easily used. He talks about the importance of cues and stimuli both when learning and in recall, and discusses repressed memories, Freudian slips, the roles of both exercise and sleep in building a better memory, and more. With his advice, you can improve your memory of names and faces, as well as information you’ve heard and read; keep better track of numbers and places—and even remember where you left your house keys and where you parked your car.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781510720381

W. R. Klemm

W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D.Professor of Neuroscience, Texas A&M UniversityDistinguished Alumnus, Auburn UniversityWebsites:http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemmhttp://thankyoubrain.comhttp://peer.tamu.eduhttp://thankyoubrain.blogspot.com (Improve Learning and Memory blog)Biographical Listings:Who’s Who in America + 18 othersEducation:Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn U., 1958;Doctor of philosophy, U. Notre Dame, 1963Professional Activities, as a ...Scientist:Research Areas: include brainstem mechanisms of behavior, alcohol, learning/memory, chemical signals, human cognition and EEG, educational research.Discoveries: (range from model membranes to human cognition)1) radiation induces an adrenal stress response,2) at a time when scientists thought ruminants did not sleep, proved that they not only sleep but also dream,3) ethanol selectively acts on certain neurons,4) opiates selectively act on certain neurons,5) rhythmic activity in the hippocampus reflects a widespread activating influence of the brainstem reticular formation that is not necessarily associated with movement.6) ethanol displaces hydrogen bonded water on membrane lipid,7) freeze behavior ("animal hypnosis") is a brainstem-mediated reflex,8) neuronal spike trains contain sequential interval codes in certain clusters of impulses (i.e., they can act like a "byte" processor)9) acetaldehyde in body fluids is a biochemical marker for estrus and ovulation,10) sex hormones promote memory consolidation,11) multiple areas of cerebral cortex become synchronized at various frequencies during memory recall and "eureka" phenomenon.Editorial Board Member: 11 scholarly journals.Reviewer of approximately 1,000 scientific papers for over 55 journals.See list of over 450 publications, which have been formally cited over 2,000 times according to Citation Index. Also, 13 books (Bobbs-Merrill, Academic Press, Wiley, C. C Thomas, Mosby)Professor: Texas A&M University (1966-present)o College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M Univ. (1980-present): taught Introductory Neuroscience. a Drug and Substance Abuse Seminar, Science and Technology Practices and Policies, and graduate neuroscience courses.o College of Science (1966-1980): taught animal physiology, animal behavior, introductory biology, graduate neuroscience courseso College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University (1963-1966): taught pharmacology and graduate physiology courses.Writer: 13 books, including Animal Electroencephalography; Applied Electronics in Veterinary Medicine & Animal Physiology; Science, The Brain, and Our Future; Discovery Processes in Modern Biology; Brainstem Mechanisms of Behavior; Understanding Neuroscience; Global Peace Through the Global University System; Thank You, Brain, For All You Remember. What You Forgot Was My Fault ,and 'Dillos. Roadkill on Extinction Highway.Speaker: hundreds of presentations to clubs, cruise line, workshops, professional meetings.Other:o Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserves (Ret.) - Research and development planning, Human Systems Divisiono Company President - co-founder of Forum Enterprises, Inc., maker of collaboration software (FORUM)o Consultant - clients have included U.S. Air Force, A. H. Robbins Co., Dow Chemical Company, RCA, The Fielding Institute, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Vinson & Elkins Attorneys, Int. Flavors & Fragrances Co.o Project Director for five educational outreach grants (NIH, NSF) to middle schools, community colleges, and post-graduate animal-health professionals.