| Description |
1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Why We Forget and How to Remember Better -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Daniel L. Schacter -- Preface -- Part 1 All the Ways to Remember -- 1 Memory is not one thing -- 2 Procedural memory: Muscle memory -- 3 Working memory: Keep it in mind -- 4 Episodic memory: Travel back in time -- 5 Semantic memory: What you know -- 6 Collective memory: What we remember together -- Part 2 Making Memories -- 7 Do you need to try to remember? -- 8 Get it into your memory-and keep it there -- 9 Retrieve that memory -- 10 Associate information -- 11 Control what you forget and remember |
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12 Are you sure that's not a false memory? -- Part 3 When there is too Little Memory-or Too much -- 13 Just normal aging-or is it Alzheimer's disease? -- 14 What else can go wrong with your memory? -- 15 Post-traumatic stress disorder: When you can't forget -- 16 Those who remember everything -- Part 4 Do the Right Things -- 17 Exercise: The elixir of life -- 18 Nutrition: You are what you eat -- 19 This is your brain on alcohol, cannabis, and drugs -- 20 Sleep well -- 21 Activity, attitude, music, mindfulness, and brain training -- Part 5 Techniques to Remember Better -- 22 Memory aids |
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23 Basic strategies -- 24 Remember names -- 25 Advanced strategies and mnemonics -- Afterword -- Tips to remember better -- Appendix: Medications that can impair memory -- References -- About the authors -- Index |
| Summary |
Why We Forget and How to Remember Better uses the science of memory to empower you with the knowledge you need to remember better, whether you are a college student looking to ace your next exam, a business professional preparing a presentation, or a healthcare worker needing to memorize the 600+ muscles in the human body |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Memory -- Popular works
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Memory -- Physiological aspects -- Popular works
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Brain -- Localization of functions -- Popular works
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Brain -- Localization of functions
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Memory
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Memory -- Physiological aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kensinger, Elizabeth A
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Schacter, Daniel L
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| ISBN |
9780197607756 |
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0197607756 |
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