Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History - Hardcover

Kelly, Lynne

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9781643133249: Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History

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ISBN 10: 1643133241 ISBN 13: 9781643133249

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2020

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Groundbreaking anthropologist and memory champion Lynne Kelly reveals how we can use ancient and traditional mnemonic methods to enhance and expand our memory.

Our brain is a muscle. Like our bodies, it needs exercise. In the last few hundred years, we have stopped training our memories and we have lost the ability to memorize large amounts of information―something our ancestors could do with ease.

After discovering that the true purpose of monuments like Easter Island and Stonehenge were to act as memory palaces, Kelly takes this knowledge and introduces us to the best memory techniques humans have ever devised, from ancient times and the Middle Ages to methods used by today’s memory athletes. A memory champion herself, Kelly tests all these methods and demonstrate the extraordinary capacity of our brains at any age.

For anyone who needs to memorize a speech or a script, learn anatomy or a foreign language, or prepare for an exam, Memory Craft offers proven techniques and simple strategies for anyone who has trouble remembering names or dates, or for older people who want to keep their minds agile. In addition to getting in touch with our own human and anthropological foundations, Memory Craft shows how all things mnemonic can be playful, creative, and fun.

8 pages of color photographs

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About the Author

Dr. Lynne Kelly is a senior memory champion, science writer, and Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She is author of The Memory Code and lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Review

“The narrative covers the ground well and entertains as it travels. Of benefit to anyone seeking to remember a scrap of information for more than a couple of minutes.”
- Kirkus Reviews

“Memory Craft is the best practical book on memory training.”
- Anthony Metivier, host of the Magnetic Memory podcast

“Weaving the deep history of memory techniques along with the techniques themselves, Memory Craft is a memory book like no other I’ve ever read.”
- Nelson Dellis, four-time U.S. Memory Champion

“Readers can readily implement her ideas and train themselves to use these mnemonic devices just as the ancient ones may have done so long ago.”
- Shelf Awareness (Praise for The Memory Code)