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Max Your Memory: The Complete Visual Programby Pascale MichelonEnglish | ISBN: 0756689651 | 2011 | PDF | 192 pages | 22,4 MBMax Your Memory is the first visually led, memory-improving program to be fully illustrated with info-graphics. Accessible and non-academic, the book is a compendium of exercises, strategies, tips and techniques to sharpen memory skills. An introductory chapter explains what “memory” is, the different types we have and how they work together to gather, sift and process information. It explains some of the reasons why we forget and asks whether it is possible to improve the ability to learn and recall information. Throughout this section there are many exercises to complete offering interactivity, which is a major element of the book. The “exercise” chapters (2-7) focus on how to improve short-term memory, long-term memory, creative memory (imagination) organizational memory, plus there are chapters for improving memory in everyday tasks, such as remembering names and faces, to-do lists, and long numbers. Each of these chapters begins with a “check-in” self-assessment. A variety of exercises follow, punctuated by technique features. Helpful tips and strategies pop up throughout these chapters too. Each chapter ends with a round of “check-out” exercises allowing the reader to compare their result with the “check-in” score and assess their overall improvement. The final chapter focuses on the importance of physical health to memory, with tips on how to manage stress and deal with sleep issues. It also offers a range of physical exercises and diet tips which can have a positive effect on the ability to retain memories and form new ones. Editorial Reviews”Max Your Memory (DK) by Pascale Michelon contains dozens of exercises and tips for remembering things like faces and keys and…what was it, again, that we were looking for?” – The Wall Street JournalAbout the AuthorDr. Pascale Michelon is a research scientist at Washington University. In 2006, she founded The Memory Practice to provide older adults with challenging brain exercises to keep their brain fit. Dr. Michelon has received several academic fellowships and awards, including the Washington University Center for Aging award for her research into the effects of aging on spatial reasoning.http://www.amazon.com/Max-Your-Memory-Pascale-Michelon/dp/07…