Memory Power is a helpful, fun-to-read, brightly illustrated book -- but it's also a lot more. Packaged with the book is a set of 50 attractive memory cards, and the combination will help readers improve their memory while offering hours of entertainment in the form of puzzles, tricks, and games.The book:
- An Introduction section explores the lost art of memory power. It tells about techniques, some dating back thousands of years, that have helped people visualize, order, manipulate, and remember thousands of items without referring to anything other than their imagination.
- A Warming Up section presents the reader with tests and experiments demonstrating why some things are easier to remember than others. It points out common memory problems, such as "tip-of-the-tongue" syndrome, and "flashbulb" memory. Readers learn about memory strengthening methods that were used by various figures in history, including Plato, Aquinas, and Leonardo da Vinci.
- Boosting Memory Power is the section that teaches memory skills. It includes reference to the famous stage memory men, Leslie Welch and Harry Lorayne, the master chess player, Alexander Alekhine, and famous musicians such as Saint-Saens and Toscanini.
- Using Your Memory Power offers practical exercises that apply to pursuits such as learning foreign languages, preparing for exams, and playing bridge, poker, and other card games.
The pack of 50 memory cards:
- Ten flashcards are designed with numbers on one side and simple graphic images on the other. Readers can use them to perform several basic exercises described in the book.
- Thirty double-sided picture cards present a wide variety of images -- a fish, a snowflake, awitch, a tree, a butterfly, a kite, and 54 others. These cards help readers develop more advanced memory techniques.
- Ten cover-up/color/shape cards that readers will use in several tricks and games explained in the book.
Here's a great gift item, as well as a chance for readers of all ages to improve their memory.
- ISBN10 0764170589
- ISBN13 9780764170584
- Publish Date 1 January 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Peterson's Guides,U.S.
- Imprint Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 64
- Language English