The Great Memory Book [Paperback]

Karen Markowitz (Author), Eric P. Jensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 1890460044 | ISBN-13: 978-1890460044

Formerly a publication of The Brain Store

Teachers and students can use these simple memory techniques for recalling names, faces, facts, formulas, definitions, foreign language words, correct spelling, lists, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This comprehensive and well-illustrated resource meets the explosive "baby-boomer" demand for self-improvement, peak-performance and anti-aging topics. The Great Memory Book translates the latest brain research into non-technical language and provides the reader with countless specific concepts and practical strategies to boost memory and recall in everyday situations. -- Anonymous reviewer

About the Author

Eric Jensen is a former teacher and current member of the Society for Neuroscience and New York Academy of Sciences. He has taught at all levels, from elementary through university level and is currently completing his PhD in human development. In 1981, Jensen cofounded SuperCamp, the nation’s first and largest brain-compatible learning program, now with over 50,000 graduates. He has since written Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brain-Based Learning, Deeper Learning, Arts with the Brain in Mind, Enriching the Brain, and 21 other books on learning and the brain. A leader in the brain-based movement, Jensen has made over 45 visits to neuroscience labs and interacts with countless neuroscientists. He was the founder of the Learning Brain EXPO and has trained educators and trainers for 25 years worldwide in this field. He is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, lasting difference in the way we learn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890460044
• ISBN-13: 978-1890460044
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!, March 21, 2000

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Eileen C. Fullbright (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Memory Book (Paperback)

Almost nothing can unsettle an aging baby boomer so much as the question, "Don't you remember? We discussed this last night." We did? "The Great Memory Book" is a wonderfully expressed, beautifully put-together primer on how memory works--and sometimes doesn't, and why. Everything's here: memory types and oddities, memory strategies, and the role of lifestyle on memory. There are journal exercises and brain games (great fun to do with the person who asked the foregoing annoying question), and fascinating case studies of extraordinary memory "experiences." This is an excellent interactive book; well-researched and written, informative and, in the end, ultimately reassuring to this reader, whose informed response to her questioner was, "If information is not deemed meaningful, it will not be stored in long-term memory."

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great memory book indeed!, March 10, 2001

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George Zee (www.frzee.org, Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Memory Book (Paperback)

This is one of the best introductions to understanding memory today. It is comprehensive in coverage, interesting, practical and informative. You get an easy digest of current brain studies on different kinds of memory, the relevance of diet and nutrients, the influence of lifestyle, stress and pollution. Two chapters are devoted to mnemonics and there are numerous tips and strategies for improving memory. The format of the book with numerous pictures and sketches is very helpful. Once you master the foundation and the interest is aroused, people can go on to delve more deeply into related areas, such as the more recent books by Rupert Sheldrake, or the applications of NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), esp. the submodalities, in enhancing meaning-making, learning and memory... I highly recommend this book and Jensen's Brain-based Learning to anyone interested in tapping into the treasures of "the decade of the brain".