| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A medieval starting place -- Creating a memory palace -- Stories, imagination and the way your brain works -- Characters, characters everywhere -- Weird and wonderful portable memory aids -- When art becomes writing -- Lessons from the Middle Ages -- Learning in school and throughout life -- Does memory have to decline when you age? -- Memory athletes battle it out. |
| Summary |
Groundbreaking anthropologist and memory champion Lynne Kelly reveals how we can use ancient and traditional mnemonic methods to enhance and expand our memory. |
| Subject |
Mnemonics.
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Memory.
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Memory -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781643133249 (hardcover) : $27.95 |
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1643133241 (hardcover) |
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