Summary of Kenneth L. Higbee, Ph.D.'s Your Memory

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The myths surrounding memory are that it can be improved through memory training, but that you can never improve your memory beyond a certain point. However, a realistic understanding of what your memory can do can help you achieve that potential.
#2 Memory is a process rather than a structure. It is not an identifiable structure, and the process cannot be located at an identifiable place in the brain. The word memory is simply an abstraction that refers to a process rather than a tangible thing.
#3 There is no single memory method that will do everything. When someone asks how he can improve his memory, he cannot expect a useful answer until he makes his question more specific.
#4 There is no single secret to mastering your memory, and most memory techniques are not even secrets. Many memory-training authors and lecturers give the impression that they are letting you in on their own secret memory techniques, but the techniques are secret only in the sense that many people are not aware of them.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• développement personnel
• Memory Improvement
• Personal Growth
• Self-help

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 26 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822522947
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Kenneth L. Higbee and Ph.D.'s Your Memory
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The myths surrounding memory are that it can be improved through memory training, but that you can never improve your memory beyond a certain point. However, a realistic understanding of what your memory can do can help you achieve that potential.

#2

Memory is a process rather than a structure. It is not an identifiable structure, and the process cannot be located at an identifiable place in the brain. The word memory is simply an abstraction that refers to a process rather than a tangible thing.

#3

There is no single memory method that will do everything. When someone asks how he can improve his memory, he cannot expect a useful answer until he makes his question more specific.

#4

There is no single secret to mastering your memory, and most memory techniques are not even secrets. Many memory-training authors and lecturers give the impression that they are letting you in on their own secret memory techniques, but the techniques are secret only in the sense that many people are not aware of them.

#5

The myth of the secret key to a good memory is based on the assumption that remembering is easy, and that if you find the secret, you can forget about the effort required to remember. However, remembering is hard work, and memory techniques do not necessarily make it easy, they just make it more effective.

#6

Laziness may play a role in the inability of many adults to learn and remember as well as they would like to. They have gotten out of the habit of studying and are not willing to put in the work it takes to remember effectively.

#7

There is no single standard by which to judge a good or bad memory. Some people have a good memory for some memory tasks, while others have a bad memory for others.

#8

The popular notion of a photographic memory leads people to believe that a person who remembers well has something that others do not. However, when people with amazing memories are tested in controlled settings, it is usually found that what most people would attribute to photographic memory is not something innate, but the skillful application of powerful memory techniques.

#9

There is nothing magical or effortless about my memorizing a 50-page magazine so that I know what is on every page, where it is on the page, who wrote everything and took all the photographs. It takes me about three hours of study to memorize a magazine that way.

#10

The saying, You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, is not quite accurate. In fact, the quickest way to become an old dog is to quit learning new tricks. Many adults do not learn as efficiently or remember as well as young adults do.

#11

The question of whether the elderly can improve their memory abilities is still up for debate. However, there is evidence that they can learn and use the memory techniques in this book to remember better.

#12

There is no evidence that practice alone makes a significant difference in improving memory. It is true that practicing memorizing can help improve memory, but what you do during practice is more important than the amount of practice.

#13

The memory–muscle myth is still present in education today. It is believed that the mind can be strengthened through exercise, and this is seen in the doctrine of formal discipline, which states that the mind can be disciplined through exercise. However, studies have shown that it is not the Greek that makes students smarter, but rather the students who study Greek are just smarter overall.

#14

Remembering is not just about remembering everything, but also about remembering what you want to remember and not forgetting what you don’t want to forget. With a well-trained memory, you can remember what you want to remember and not forget what you don’t want to forget.

#15

The cluttered mind myth is that remembering too much can clutter your mind. However, your ability to remember something depends more on how you learned it than on how much material you have stored in your memory.

#16

The claim is often made that we use only 10 percent of our potential brainpower in remembering and other mental activities. However, some authors have claimed even smaller percentages.

#17

The 10-percent claim and the reasoning behind the complex calculations above are based on no evidence whatsoever. I have never seen the claim made by any brain researchers, and I doubt that any research exists to support it.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The human memory is amazing. It can store billions of items of information, and people forget things they would like to remember. We forget names, anniversaries, birthdays, and appointments.

#2

Remembering consists of three stages: acquisition, storage, and retrieval. The Three Rs of Remembering are Recording, Retaining, and Retrieving. The Three Fs of Forgetting are Fixating, Filing, and Finding.

#3

There are at least two different processes involved in memory: short-term memory and long-term memory. Short-term memory is the process of remembering information for a short period of time. Long-term memory is the process of remembering information for a long period of time.

#4

Short-term memory is the ability to remember information for a short period of time. It has a rapid forgetting rate and a limited capacity, around seven items for most people. You can demonstrate the limited capacity of short-term memory by having someone read you a list of digits one at a time at the rate of about one digit per second. Then you repeat them.

#5

We can increase the limited capacity of short-term memory by chunking. Chunking involves grouping separate bits of information into larger chunks. For example, a person can remember the eight letters co-m-p-l-e-t-e by chunking them into one word, complete.

#6

Short-term memory is the temporary scratch pad of our brains, and it is used to store and forget intermediate results while we think and solve problems. It helps us maintain our current picture of the world around us, and it keeps track of the topics and referents that have been recently mentioned in conversation.

#7

The brain has a short-term memory, which is similar to the CPU of a computer system. It receives data, stores it in memory, and retrieves it to perform calculations.

#8

Long-term memory is what most people mean when they talk about memory.