Orem Library

Strategies for improving long-term memory.

Explains how the human memory works, and gives advice on improving one's memory for speeches, numbers, names, spellings, vocabulary, and information from one's reading

In this book, we meet an intrepid but forgetful explorer who sets off on a trip, and along the way keeps forgetting things. The reader can help him try out different memorization tricks along the way, as each time, one more item is lost (beginning with 10 items, and losing 1, then 2, then 3, each time, and so on) - making the game more of a challenge at every turn of the page.

"The Memory Thief wants to steal your memories! Luckily, Nelson, the Memory Champ, is on hand to guide you through the Forest of Forgettable Names and around the Great Word Pyramids. Nelson will help readers escape the Pirates of the Periodic Table and journey through the Himalayan Memory Palace. The quest for an infallible memory will culminate on the Number Trek to finally defeat The Memory Thief once and for all. Guided by national memory champion...

Cada año nos proporciona un número fijo de días. Algunos pasan sin dejar rastro, pero otros los recordaremos siempre. ¿Recuerdas tu primer beso? ¿O la mejor comida que hayas probado jam̀s? ¿O el aroma de la hierba recǐn cortada en un d̕a de verano?. Cuando se estimulan nuestros sentidos, cuando aprovechamos el poder de las primeras experiencias y cuando somos conscientes de nuestros sentimientos y emociones, es m̀s probable que conservemos...

Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting--overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to write a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember. In Remember It!, Dellis teaches us how to make the most of our memory, using his competition-winning techniques. Presenting the information in a user-friendly way, Dellis offers bite-size chapters,...