The Memory Workbook: Breakthrough Techniques to Exercise Your Brain and Improve Your Memory (Paperback)

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Like clay, memory needs applied energy to give it form. However, this energy is often blocked by negative thoughts about aging and memory. Building on this underlying principle, this workbook shows readers how to rewire the mental habits that interfere with memory functioning and offers practical solutions based on the latest scientific research. Anyone at any age, the authors say, can tap into the natural strength of the brain's multiple memory systems. Through innovative techniques, exercises, games, and puzzles, readers learn how to maximize the receptiveness of their senses, focus on what is important and block out what isn't, rehearse and imprint information, and use visual imagery to retain experiences. The latest scientific findings on memory provide a wealth of information on medications, memory disorders, and resources for additional help.

About the Author

Douglas J. Mason, Psy.D., is a neuropsychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of people with cognitive dysfunction. He completed his internship at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, and his residency at Duke University in Durham, NC. He has served on the state of Florida’s Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Counsel. He is the author of The Memory Workbook and The Memory Doctor (to be released in May 2005).

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (October 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572242582
• ISBN-13: 978-1572242586
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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161 of 164 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent section on diet, medications, etc., March 31, 2002

By	Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The focus of this book is not on memory techniques such as the LOCI method and while it does mention them and explain them briefly it does not give a lot of detail about them.
Instead it focuses on memory problems as a normal part of aging, medications and diet. Through out the book it mentions Alzheimers and similar concerns and repeatedly speaks about not being concerned about particular memory lapses as you grow older.
It does have thorough coverage of memory myths and how some of these myths create or contribute memory problems as well as the best coverage of diet, medicine, supplements and similar factors of any of the memory books that I have read.
This is a workbook with many excercises to prove their points as well as show how various techniques work and how storing and retrieving memories works in the mind.
If I were asked who I would recommend this book to then it would have to be people in one of two groups. First would be anyone who is aging and thinks that they are having memory lapses more often and are concerned about them. Second would be those who want to know what drugs, nutritional supplements and dietary factors may increase or harm their mental capacities.

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Memory Workbook provides a comprehensive and fun program for memory improvement, September 22, 2002

By A Customer

The Memory Workbook provides a comprehensive program designed to help rewire the mental habits that interfere with memory functioning. It offers multiple fun techniques that will challenge your assumptions, get you in touch with your senses and memory experiences, identify and use your natural strengths, help you focus on what is important. The authors include the latest scientific findings, neurological assessments, information about medications, memory disorders, and resources for additional help. The book is written with a sense of humor and it entertains as it teaches.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Awareness, January 6, 2002

By	Regina Whitaker (Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I really appreciate this book. I have noticed many changes in my memory in the last two years. The workbook has been very helpful in providing answers to my questions on how memory functions and ways to adjust and focus my attention in ways that make it fun! In addition, the exercises have been extremely beneficial in developing techniques for me to improve my memory. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in maintaining and improving their memory.