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Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It Kenneth L. Higbee
Publisher: Da Capo Press

Much of my understanding of the best study skills comes from the book Your Memory: How It Works & How to Improve It by Dr. People with good memories will get little benefit. How well these drugs work to improve memory depend on a person's already existing memory abilities. Properly employed, mnemonics can be of tremendous aid in improving your memory. The root of the problem might actually not be a built-in genetic inability to memorize things, but rather problems in the recall phase when you are frantically digging your memory to find the thing(s) you stored earlier. Good mnemonic devices work in much the same way that shorthand works for stenographers. Exercising your brain regularly helps it to become stronger, which will improve your focus, concentration and memory. Therefore improving recall Higbee, Kenneth L., Ph.D.: Your Memory, How it Works & How to Improve It. I completed my PhD at Duke University, where my graduate work focused on the influence of emotion on the neural bases of memory. This works in the same way as exercising to keep your body in good shape. Most of think of our memory as something static and unchanging. 'My mind is like a crowded box-room with packets of all sorts stowed away therein – so many that I may well have but a vague perception of what was there.' 'THE ADVENTURE OF THE LION'S MANE' Having accumulated The science of memory is continually evolving and we are still in the early stages of understanding how it works. It might be that you're just using your memory inefficiently. This infographic, “How Memory Works” reminds us of the stages of memory for learning to occur. Strategies that every student should know and use to maximize their retention of the material. Improving your memory is easier than it sounds.