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Summary: A very important book -- especially for ADHD and Dyslexics!!
Review: The 2nd chapter of this book starts out with what I believe is the most important key to improving memory: Association. This involves clearly VISUALIZING the object that you want to recall, "and linking it to something you already know" and it should be visualized in some way that is EXAGGERATED or RIDICULOUS.I teach speed reading to children and this one key is EXTREMELY helpful for getting children from ages 8 on up to begin remembering what they are speed reading. One key thing that I have noticed, that Lorayne and Lucas don't mention in the book, is this: Kids with ADHD and Dyslexia are often VERY GIFTED visually and hence often have GIFTED MEMORIES!! I have noticed that they sometimes even have PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES (Which also makes them great speed readers). I wouldn't be surprised if both Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas were Dyslexic or ADHD. --George Stancliffe, author of SPEED READING 4 KIDS
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Summary: The basic fundamentals of how to memorize anything.
Review: This book was an absolute joy to read. The book contains information on mnemonics, pegs, etc. This information is not particularly new, or unique to this book. But I've read other books on the subject and have not gotten as much use from it as I have this book. In the first few chapters, you'll already begin to memorize things that you thought couldn't be memorized. I still remember a practice list of random objects in the first couple chapters, with no review or real thought about it since I purchased it back about 2 or 3 years ago (I can't remember when I purchased it, but can still remember the list - ironic, no?). As much as I enjoyed this book and think how much it has helped me...this book did not provide me with solutions to memory issues such as "where I placed my keys" or "where I parked the car". However, I have memorized Pi to over 100 digits now using the techniques of this book. Overall, this was a great book, as well as an enjoyable read. For memory books of it's genre, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: For those of us who don't remember something the first time
Review: Sherlock Holmes used to always say to Watson, "You see, but you do not observe." These guys would agree. Our problem is not the retention of facts so much as it is the failure to commit them to memory the first time - something they call "Original Awareness." The key for all memory retention, they say, is the principle of association. We always learn something new by linking it to something we already know. Whether it's random facts, names, faces, numbers, concepts, etc., it is vital to force the mind to concentrate and to work imaginatively. I was impressed with how much Aristotle learned from these guys ;). He said, "It is the image-making part of the mind which makes the work of the higher processes of thought possible. Hence the mind never thinks without a mental picture. The thinking faculty thinks of its forms in pictures. No one could ever learn or understand anything, if he had not the faculty of perception; even when he thinks speculatively, he must have some mental picture with which to think" (De anima). Furthermore, the authors tell us that medical science has shown very little physiological difference between the electrical signals activated by the mind's eye and the ones activated by the mind itself. The key to memory retention is to turn the object to be remembered into something that can be pictured in the mind. Of course, this takes work. But imagine the work you'd have to do without the tools to make it easier! This how-to book gives some great tools for memory retention and its a quick read as well. You can read the whole thing in just a couple of hours. Also, check this book out from your library instead of buying it. The methods put forth are all related to the principle of association so they are really easy to recall for later use. You'll see what I mean.
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Summary: 30 yrs later
Review: I first read and studied this book in 1974 after getting out of the USAF. I attended a college in '75 where the first week was entirely freshman, over 500 of them. Before the end of the week I had all but two of their names memorized (I never met those two people.) It blew everyone away that I could remember their names after a 5 minute "hello." I graduated from this very difficult school with 3.65/4.0. After 30 years I am once again in training getting ready to test for the US Post Office where number memorization is paramount.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I particularly like this book because of the different techniques offered. This book is standard for the exercises of mnemonics, but the different methods, and how they are essential in learning different strategies for other tasks (Morse code, reading, speeches, language symbols, the memory graph) is nicely represented in this book. This book provides essential techniques that can be used with your particular memory strategy.
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Summary: Incredible!!!
Review: I have been using this book for three days and is amazing. I can recall information that took me days to learn in just a couple of minutes, using the techniques in this book. For those people with "bad memory" this is the best investment anybody can make to their professional life.
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Summary: Read it in '74
Review: This is an excellent book that will give you useful information about learning you will use the rest of your life. I was stationed in Cherrypoint N.C.(USMC). I had some free time during the day before going on duty at night. I needed something to occupy my time so I read their book in my barricks over about a weeks' time while waiting to go on gaurd duty each night. I would then use what I learned that day while walking my post over the next 4-6 hours each night. I would memorize hundreds of words names, objects, things, places, events you name it and recite them back to myself in order, out of order, from the middle, backwards, in groups ... I had alot of time.. all in my head. It was fun, kept me alert and made the time pass alot faster. I still remember the methods and all the peg words. I taught my kids and have engouraged others I hear who are having trouble with anything from grocery lists to chemistry formulas. It works and worth its weight in gold and then some. Do you think I liked the book? Get it, read it word for word, learn each step in the order they show it to you and you will remember this note and the day you read it 30 years from now. It's not hard to understand, my 10 year old (then) can pick it up no problem. I was 22 at the time. I got out of the service and used the methods in college 3 years later to remember chemistry formulas and history dates without the use of the book (lost it somewhere). Have fun with it......Ray
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Summary: Kudo's from a lousy memory
Review: I have a terrible memory. Can't remember names or directions. After only reading chapter one, I went out to a Monday Night Football party and left remembering the first and last names of all 8 people I met. It was great to be able to call someone by their name instead of "hey pal". I descibed the methods to my wife (Using the "keyword" & "linking" concepts I can go through the book chapter by chapter from memory) she thinks they sound hokey. But it's been the best $10 I ever spent.
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Summary: This book is excellent !
Review: Simply the best. But you have to work hard to get the results.
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Summary: this book is reallllllly a recomendation for students!
Review: I have read this book and Im currently 14 years old in 9th grades and I should have read this book a long time ago! I can remember equations, facts, and even picture over 50 symbols within my mind for as long as i want! All my friends now think im a genious and i never told them! This book not only garunties good memory but outstanding grades!
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