Summary of Kenneth L. Higbee, Ph.D.'s Your Memory

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:

#1 The myths surrounding memory are that it can be improved through memory training, but that you can never improve your memory beyond a certain point. However, a realistic understanding of what your memory can do can help you achieve that potential.

#2 Memory is a process rather than a structure. It is not an identifiable structure, and the process cannot be located at an identifiable place in the brain. The word memory is simply an abstraction that refers to a process rather than a tangible thing.

#3 There is no single memory method that will do everything. When someone asks how he can improve his memory, he cannot expect a useful answer until he makes his question more specific.

#4 There is no single secret to mastering your memory, and most memory techniques are not even secrets. Many memory-training authors and lecturers give the impression that they are letting you in on their own secret memory techniques, but the techniques are secret only in the sense that many people are not aware of them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822522947

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Insights on Kenneth L. Higbee and Ph.D.'s Your Memory

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The myths surrounding memory are that it can be improved through memory training, but that you can never improve your memory beyond a certain point. However, a realistic understanding of what your memory can do can help you achieve that potential.

#2

Memory is a process rather than a structure. It is not an identifiable structure, and the process cannot be located at an identifiable place in the brain. The word memory is simply an abstraction that refers to a process rather than a tangible thing.

#3

There is no single memory method that will do everything. When someone asks how he can improve his memory, he cannot expect a useful answer until he makes his question more specific.

#4

There is no single secret to mastering your memory, and most memory techniques are not even secrets. Many memory-training authors and lecturers give the impression that they are letting you in on their own secret memory techniques, but the techniques are secret only in the sense that many people are not aware of them.

#5

The myth of the secret key to a good memory is based on the assumption that remembering is easy, and that if you find the secret, you can forget about the effort required to remember. However, remembering is hard work, and memory techniques do not necessarily make it easy, they just make it more effective.

#6

Laziness may play a role in the inability of many adults to learn and remember as well as they would like to. They have gotten out of the habit of studying and are not willing to put in the work it takes to remember effectively.

#7

There is no single standard by which to judge a good or bad memory. Some people have a good memory for some memory tasks, while others have a bad memory for others.

#8

The popular notion of a photographic memory leads people to believe that a person who remembers well has something that others do not. However, when people with amazing memories are tested in controlled settings, it is usually found that what most people would attribute to photographic memory is not something innate, but the skillful application of powerful memory techniques.

#9

There is nothing magical or effortless about my memorizing a 50-page magazine so that I know what is on every page, where it is on the page, who wrote everything and took all the photographs. It takes me about three hours of study to memorize a magazine that way.

#10

The saying, You can’t teach