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Ageless memory: secrets for keeping your brain young / Harry Lorayne.

By: Lorayne, Harry.
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal, c2007Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781579127503 (hbk.).Subject(s): MnemonicsDDC classification: 153.12
Contents:
1. Pavlov's dogs: how memory training works -- 2. Memory through history: historic techniques that still work -- 3. Abset-to present-minded: you can't remember if you don't know -- 4. Oh, pair: start remembering by association -- 5. The link system: controlling where your thoughts lead --6. Twenty-percent interest: the importance of interest and curiosity -- 7. Better, not older: discovering your staying/graying power -- 8. Silver plate: foolproof ways to remember words and meaning -- 9. Tres facile vocabulary power: moving on to foreign-language vocabulary -- 10. What's in a name?: it pay$ to remember names. Here's how. -- 11. Let's face it: never forget a face, even years later -- 12. I see numbers: remembering numbers in a brand-new way -- 13. Peg(s) o' my heart: handling more challenging numbers as never before -- 14. Use it or lose it: remember shopping lists, errands, appointments, and more -- 15. Real "e state": you can remember state capitals easily -- 16. Important numbers: cultivating your "imaginuity" -- 17. Send me a telegram: memorize the morse code easily - it's fun! -- 18. Stock market symbols: triumph over the ticker -- 19. One-upmanship: remember facts and show off your culture quotient -- 20. Computer tutor: master that machine at any age -- 21. It's about time: never forget those pills and appointments -- 22. Speak to me!: speak effectively without using notes -- 23. Most important: reading/learning: includes the magazine memory feat -- 24. Deal me in: it pay$ to remember cards - plus the missing card stunt -- 25. Spelling bee: no more spelling misteaks! 26. Bible study: become verse-atile --27. The 400-digit feat: you've never remembered numbers like this before -- 28. Instant, alternate, peg lists: more strategies for remembering lists of any kind -- 29. Memory potpourri: remember calories, where you parked your car, direction, trivia, dates and more.
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Floor 3, Shelf 2 , Side 2, TierNo 1, BayNo 3

 153.12 LOR (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,27000,02,GR 5000028181

"Foolproof methods for people over 50"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Pavlov's dogs: how memory training works -- 2. Memory through history: historic techniques that still work -- 3. Abset-to present-minded: you can't remember if you don't know -- 4. Oh, pair: start remembering by association -- 5. The link system: controlling where your thoughts lead --6. Twenty-percent interest: the importance of interest and curiosity -- 7. Better, not older: discovering your staying/graying power -- 8. Silver plate: foolproof ways to remember words and meaning -- 9. Tres facile vocabulary power: moving on to foreign-language vocabulary -- 10. What's in a name?: it pay$ to remember names. Here's how. -- 11. Let's face it: never forget a face, even years later -- 12. I see numbers: remembering numbers in a brand-new way -- 13. Peg(s) o' my heart: handling more challenging numbers as never before -- 14. Use it or lose it: remember shopping lists, errands, appointments, and more -- 15. Real "e state": you can remember state capitals easily -- 16. Important numbers: cultivating your "imaginuity" -- 17. Send me a telegram: memorize the morse code easily - it's fun! -- 18. Stock market symbols: triumph over the ticker -- 19. One-upmanship: remember facts and show off your culture quotient -- 20. Computer tutor: master that machine at any age -- 21. It's about time: never forget those pills and appointments -- 22. Speak to me!: speak effectively without using notes -- 23. Most important: reading/learning: includes the magazine memory feat -- 24. Deal me in: it pay$ to remember cards - plus the missing card stunt -- 25. Spelling bee: no more spelling misteaks! 26. Bible study: become verse-atile --27. The 400-digit feat: you've never remembered numbers like this before -- 28. Instant, alternate, peg lists: more strategies for remembering lists of any kind -- 29. Memory potpourri: remember calories, where you parked your car, direction, trivia, dates and more.