You Must Remember This: Easy Tricks & Proven Tips to Never Forget Anything, Ever Again - Softcover

Dolby, Karen

 
9780307716255: You Must Remember This: Easy Tricks & Proven Tips to Never Forget Anything, Ever Again
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0307716252 ISBN 13: 9780307716255
Verlag: Broadway Books, 2010

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Quick!  Name the planets in the solar system!  Not so easy, is it?  All the facts and scraps of knowledge we’ve learned throughout our education can be forgotten over time, and are often impossible to recall when we need them most (i.e., an intense game of Trivial Pursuit!).  But with You Must Remember This, all those facts and trivia will come flooding back, for good.  From the beloved master of the color spectrum “Roy G. Biv”, to easy tips to help learn the basics of any language, You Must Remember This is the perfect addition to anyone’s book shelf.  It includes hundreds of handy mnemonics to help you remember a wealth of information:
 
The four oceans of the world:
I Am A Person
 
The presidential heads carved on Mount Rushmore:
We Just Like Rushmore
 
And of course, those planets (sans Pluto):
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles
 
Whether you want to remember fact, poems, or speeches, or just learn how to remember daily errands without being so dependent on lists, this book is for you. Discover techniques used by memory experts, how actors learn their lines, and how your brain works to store memories.  Both an invaluable collection of memory tricks and a fascinating look at the workings of our memory, You Must Remember This is the perfect resource to ensure that you'll never be short of memory again!

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KAREN DOLBY has written 12 books, but finds it hard to remember their titles. She has two teenage children for whom she has to remember everything and a husband who finds it hard to remember what day of the week it is. She wrote this book for him.

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The Link and Story Method—Remembering a Simple List

The Link method is probably one of the most basic mnemonic techniques. It is easy to understand and worth mastering before moving on to some of the other memory techniques. At its most simple it works by linking words together using images, but before I explain it fully, take a moment to test yourself. Study the following list of random words—really take the time to try to remember them--then turn the book over and write down the words in order.

Tepee Fountain Fish Marathon Grapes Broom Clock Chocolate Shower Boat

How far did you get? And if asked to write the same list backward or in ten minutes' time, how many words would you remember then? But if you assign each word an image and then link it to the next, you will find you can do much better with a little practice.

The key to mastering this technique is to make each image as vivid and unusual as possible. Each should interact or link with the next; it won't work simply to imagine one standing beside another. For instance, the fountain should actually be erupting from the top of the tepee, which instead of fabric could be carved from stone with strange carvings on the sides.

The important thing is that the image should mean something to you. It could be personal or just something that amuses or even disgusts you. Laughter is always helpful for keeping something in mind, and repellent ideas are likewise hard to forget.

So bearing all this in mind, the pictures for the list could go something like this:

A carved stone Tepee erupts into a Fountain that is flowing with giant Fish with gnashing teeth. When they hit the ground the Fish grow legs and run a Marathon, snapping at the heels of the other runners. The other runners appear to be Grapes, purple, bloated and overripe, oozing puslike juice. A giant cartoon Broom appears from the sky and sweeps the Grapes away. The Broom has a long handle and swings rhythmically to and fro because it is the pendulum of a huge sun Clock. The Clock darkens because it is made of Chocolate melting in the heat, the numbers and hands lengthening and distorting as it begins to drip. The Chocolate drips are now gushing from a Shower, which is attached to a bathtub Boat bobbing up and down; inside a rower bails frantically as chocolate cascades from the Shower filling his bath Boat.

Read this carefully, picturing each cameo as you go, then turn the book over and try writing out the list again. Let each image lead you effortlessly on to the next. It's surprising how much easier it is to remember everything.

This was only a very short list, but try this technique next time you go shopping. By linking each item on your list with an entertaining image, you'll find yourself becoming ever more ingenious, and you can develop the Link method further by weaving a story around your pictures. Be creative and let your imagination run wild, and don't be afraid to add sound effects or vibrant colors if these work well for you.

The Link method is not only useful for remembering lists, it can also be used to remind yourself to do something. For instance, if you promised to call a friend before supper, imagine their face on the stove smiling up at you, mouthing the words "Call me," or picture them as the wooden spoon you use to stir your soup.

Even speeches can be learned by representing each of the points you need to make by clear images, vividly linked together. Once you are practiced in the technique, you will be able to do away with notes altogether and appear far more relaxed and confident. In the same way you can learn poems or your part in a play or apply the method to help with studying for exams, recalling events, theories, or case studies.



Where Memories Are Stored In The Brain

The hippocampus is one of the main parts of the brain involved in the forming, sorting, and storing of memories. Not only does the hippocampus store memories, it also connects them with other related memories, giving meaning and context.

The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. Early scientists likened the shape to a ram's horn or sea horse, and the sixteenth-century anatomist Julius Caesar Arazi gave the structure its Greek name meaning "sea horse." Together with the adjacent amygdala, the hippocampus forms the central axis of the limbic system, the emotion system of the brain, in charge of the transfer of information into memory.



LANGUAGE

"Memory feeds imagination." Amy Tan



The first mnemonics I ever learned are all connected with learning to read and write, and I suspect I am not unusual in this. In fact so ingrained in my memory are these simple rhymes, chants, and catchphrases that I don't even remember being taught them. They simply spring to mind automatically, particularly for spellings.



Spelling Bee

One of the many peculiarities of the English language is the set of rules on spelling, which always apply, except when they don't. There are several rhyming phrases taught to schoolchildren from time immemorial to help them recall certain of these rules.

Perhaps the most common is: "I" before "E" except after "C."

Although sadly this rule does not always apply, which has led to: "I" before "E" except after "C" Though "weird" is just "weird."

(And so incidentally are Budweiser, feisty, forfeit, heifer, height, heirloom, kaleidoscope, leisure, seismic, seize, and weir, to list but a few.)

The other main exceptions to the rule are words where "EI" is pronounced as "A," for instance, abseil, reign, and feign, which have prompted this version:

"I" before "E" except after "C" Or when sounded like "A" as in neighbor and weigh.



CatchPhrases/WordPlay

Clever or rhythmic phrases can also help with spelling. To spell cemetery with three "Es," remember: She cried, "E . . . e . . . e!" as she ran past the cemetery.

Friend or freind? You always need friends to the end.

Argument or arguement? Argue lost an "E" in an argument.

To recall the number of "Cs" in necessary and success: Only one "C" is necessary, but you need two "Cs" for success.

There are various chants that work for Mississippi: Say to yourself, "M-I-S, S-I-S, S-I-P, P-I." Try it out loud; there is a natural rhythm that begins to make sense the more you say it.

Or you may prefer "Mrs. M, Mrs. I, Mrs. S S I, Mrs. S S I, Mrs. P P I."

In a similar vein, Roald Dahl spelled out difficulty in Matilda: "Mrs. D, Mrs. I, Mrs. F F I, Mrs. C, Mrs. U, Mrs. L T Y."

To spell separate, use this story: There was once a farmer named Sep, and when his wife saw a rat she yelled, "Sep, a rat! E!!!"

There are two options for together: We went to get her.

Or you may prefer: Remember if you get her you'll be together.

Ascertain When you ascertain a fact, always be As Certain as you possibly can.

Bookkeeper Triple compound: oo kk ee.

Potassium Remember one tea but two sugars.

Slaughter (which always makes me smile) Slaughter is simply Laughter with an "S" at the beginning.

Innocent IN NO CENTury is murder an innocent crime.



Spelling Acronyms

Take the initial letter of each word in a memorable sentence to correctly spell words that people often find tricky.

Mnemonics Mnemonics Now Erase Man's Oldest Nemesis: Insufficient Cerebral Storage.

Necessary Never Eat Chips; Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young.

Rhythm Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving.

Because Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants.

Arithmetic A Rat In The House Might Eat The Ice Cream.

Wednesday WE Do Not Eat Soup DAY, or more simply and certainly the way

I always think of the word, just sound out Wed-nes-day.

Geography...

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Verlag
Broadway Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0307716252
ISBN 13 
9780307716255
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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