Memory Optimizer
Frequently Asked Questions

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Free coaching

You are entitled to free coaching when you purchase Memory Optimizer.

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Contents

Part One: How to become a magician of memory

The Nature of Memory
Three Types of Memory
Memory and Old Age
Memory Review

Part Two: Tricks for a better memory

Memory for Names
A Game to Help Remember People's Names
An Experiment on Names & Memory Threads
Anti-Losing-Things-Tricks
Expand-Your-General-Knowledge
Expand-Your-Vocabulary
Learning Tricks
Training and Know-How
Your Autobiographical Life

How does this course differ from other courses?

Most memory courses are pretty much the same.

The beauty of the Memory Optimizer is that it helps optimize your memory without necessarily memorizing everything. It does have strategies for memorizing that involve associations, but we think Mrs. Birkenbihl's methods are better for actually learning the material. It is different from other memory courses.

There will be a some peg and mnemonics stuff in our course, but very little.

We will be presenting a metaphor for memory that is significantly different from the other courses so that you understand how memory works and doesn't work. As a result of the program, everyone should see an increase in your ability to remember.

Those that do the work we suggest will see a greater improvement in their memory.

Part Three: Bonus tricks

Manage your inner & outer world while studying
How to counteract the I-Must-Not-Forget-This Syndrome
Analograffiti: Thinking Differently
Dealing with Anger
Re-Construct the future or remember that rat

Appendix: Valuable ideas

How to remember things that seem unimportant
Why reading might be bad for you, and how NOT to watch TV
How to Conquer Stress
How PhotoReading can help improve your memory for everything you read
How the Birkenbihl Approach to memory optimization can enhance your PhotoReading activation
Creating powerful auxiliary threads and a look into traditional memory training
Anchorman List: Remembering a speech or list of anything
Application to memorizing a math or chemistry formula
The Anchorman List
Inner Archives List
Improve your spelling
Brain-stimulating hobbies may protect against Alzheimer's

How is the Memory Optimizer different than those run-of-the-mill memory courses that use associations and pegs?

Associations and pegs are useful and are used primarily for memorization. While we use associations, our program is not based on them.

Instead our system is based on brain research that came out during the 1990s that suggests more effective ways to remember. The difference is between naturally remembering something and artificially memorizing something.

You will understand the differences much better once you go through the course.