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Summary: Very helpful!!
Review: As the mother of three young children, I thought I was losing my memory, but Green's thoughtful and organized book helped me. Green is obviously an academic scholar but makes complex neuropsychological issues accessible to the lay person.
Rating:
Summary: Very helpful!!
Review: As the mother of three young children, I thought I was losing my memory, but Green's thoughtful and organized book helped me. Green is obviously an academic scholar but makes complex neuropsychological issues accessible to the lay person.
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Summary: A memory improvement handbook for people of all ages.
Review: Dr. Green deserves congratulations for this cutting edge book on memory enhancement. Not only is her book a comprehensive guide to the understanding of memory functioning but also a remarkable contribution in the area of memory improvement. The memory exercises are fun, easy to do and incredibly effective. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a memory boost. A genuine memory masterpiece!
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Summary: A memory improvement handbook for people of all ages.
Review: Dr. Green deserves congratulations for this cutting edge book on memory enhancement. Not only is her book a comprehensive guide to the understanding of memory functioning but also a remarkable contribution in the area of memory improvement. The memory exercises are fun, easy to do and incredibly effective. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a memory boost. A genuine memory masterpiece!
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Summary: Other books on memory and thinking are better
Review: I've read a few books on memory and this one is below average. There are pages that repeat themselves (for example, text on one page is repeated in a chart on a facing page), memory techniques that are not explained fully (mnemonics is not well presented) and no depth to offer the reader any new insight into improving one's memory.Kenneth Higbee (Your Memory) or Robert Goldman (Brain Fitness) offer two stellar alternatives to Green's somewhat boring and plodding book.
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Summary: Other books on memory and thinking are better
Review: I've read a few books on memory and this one is below average. There are pages that repeat themselves (for example, text on one page is repeated in a chart on a facing page), memory techniques that are not explained fully (mnemonics is not well presented) and no depth to offer the reader any new insight into improving one's memory. Kenneth Higbee (Your Memory) or Robert Goldman (Brain Fitness) offer two stellar alternatives to Green's somewhat boring and plodding book.
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Summary: It really works!
Review: Reading this book and doing the exercises (which were actually fun) produced immediate results for me. Before, I forgot people's names moments after meeting them and could never find my glasses or car keys when I needed them. Now, I'm doing much, much better. Anyone can benefit from this smart, easy program. Highly recommended.
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Summary: patronizing and obvious stuff
Review: The author apparently has a low opinion of the reader's intelligence, as she consistently adopts an annoyingly patronizing tone. I enjoy reading books on mnemonic techniques, and can usually find one or two clever tricks
in each, but in Cynthia Green's book I found only things that everybody already knows. And to compound the injury, her style is humorless and grossly overwritten.
Picking a page at random, we find "What can you do to help yourself remember what was said? The best way to remember a conversation is to take notes, or what I call Memory Minutes. Remember taking classes in high school or college? How would you keep track of the information in a lecture or seminar presentation? Chances are you took notes. ..."
I'm sorry to say this book had practically no value for me.
Rating:
Summary: patronizing and obvious stuff
Review: The author apparently has a low opinion of the reader's intelligence, as she consistently adopts an annoyingly patronizing tone. I enjoy reading books on mnemonic techniques, and can usually find one or two clever tricks
in each, but in Cynthia Green's book I found only things that everybody already knows. And to compound the injury, her style is humorless and grossly overwritten.
Picking a page at random, we find "What can you do to help yourself remember what was said? The best way to remember a conversation is to take notes, or what I call Memory Minutes. Remember taking classes in high school or college? How would you keep track of the information in a lecture or seminar presentation? Chances are you took notes. ..."
I'm sorry to say this book had practically no value for me.
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Summary: Easy and effective guide to memory improvement
Review: This book is not about impressing your friends with heroic feats of memory recall using overly complex rules. "Total Memory Workout" is a well-researched, clearly written handbook for doing what most of us want to do--improve our memory in daily life. Dr. Green writes intelligently about the impact of lifestyle factors on memory function. She offers a handful of easy to use, effective memory improvement techniques focusing on recall of written and visual material, as well as remembering names. Highly recommended.
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