Memory
A Self-Teaching Guide
Chapter One
What Is Memory and
What Can It Do for You?
Objectives
In this chapter you will learn:
what memory is
how memory works
how to encode a memory
the key to improving memory
People often talk about memory as if it were a thing, like a trick knee or
a good head of hair, but in fact your memory doesn't exist in the same
way an object exists. Rather, memory refers to the process of remembering.
Contrary to popular belief, memories aren't plucked fully formed
out of little file folders packed away neatly in your brain. Instead, memories
represent an incredibly complex constructive power that each one
of us possesses.
Here's a simple memory test:
1. Remember these words: corn, radio, horse.
2. Remember this name and address: John Brown, 365 Walnut Street,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3. Name the governor of your state.
4. Name the past two U.S. presidents.
5. What was the m ... read full excerpt from Memory: A Self-Teaching Guide ebook
