YOUR MEMORY --- HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT
by Kenneth L. Higbee, Prentice Hall Press. 2nd edition, 1988
    INTRODUCTION --- What can you expect from this book? (pxi-xvii)

      [1] Why Did I Write It?

      [2] Why Should You Read It?

      [3] What Will You Find in It?

    1) WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR MEMORY? --- Ten Myths (p1-15)

      [1] Myth 1--- Memory is a thing

      [2] Myth 2 --- There is a secret to a good memory

      [3] Myth 3 --- There Is an easy way to memorize

      [4] Myth 4 --- Some people are stuck with bad memories

      [5] Myth 5 --- Some people are blessed with photographic memories

      [6] Myth 6 --- Some people are too old or too young to improve their memories

      [7] Myth 7 --- Memory, like a muscle, benefits from exercise

      [8] Myth 8 --- A trained memory never forgets

      [9] Myth 9 --- Remembering too much can clutter your mind

      [10] Myth 10 --- People only use 10 percent of their mental potential

    2) MEET YOUR MEMORY --- What is it? (p16-31)

      [1] What are the stages and processes of memory?

      [2] What is short-term memory?

      [3] What is long-term memory?

      [4] What are the measures of memory?

      [5] What is the "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon?

    3) MEET YOUR MEMORY --- How does it work? (p32-45)

      [1] How and why do we forget?

      [2] How fast do we forget?

      [3] How do we remember pictures versus words?

      [4] How do exceptional memories work?

      [5] How well does sleep learning work?

    4) HOW TO REMEMBER ALMOST ANYTHING --- Basic principles (p46-61)

      [1] Meaningfullness --- "That doesn't make sense"

      [2] Organization --- "Get it all together" Association

      [3] "That reminds me"

      [4] Visualization --- "I can see it all now"

      [5] Attention --- "I Don't Get It"

    5) HOW TO REMEMBER ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE --- More basic principles (p62-73)

      [1] Repetition --- "What was that again?"

      [2] Relaxation --- "Take it easy"

      [3] Context --- "Where am I?"

      [4] Interest --- "What's it to ya?"

      [5] Feedback --- "How are you doing?"

    6) STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING --- Study skills (p74-92)

      [1] Reduce interference

      [2] Space it out

      [3] Break it up?

      [4] Recite it

      [5] Use a study system

      [6] How well do the principles and strategies work?

    7) WORKING MIRACLES WITH YOUR MEMORY -- An introduction to mnemonics (p93-113)

      [1] What are mnemonics?

      [2] First letters and keywords

      [3] Basic principles of mnemonics

      [4] How to make effective visual associations

      [5] More on effective mnemonics

    8) THE LEGITIMACY OF MNEMONICS --- Limitations and pseudo-limitations (p113-130)

      [1] Some limitations of mnemonics

      [2] Some pseudo-limitations of mnemonics

    9) MENTAL FILING SYSTEMS: --- Link and story mnemonics (131-143)

      [1] Your mental "Filing System"

      [2] What is the "Link System"?

      [3] What is the "Story System"?

      [4] How well do the "link and story" systems work?

      [5] How Can you use the "link and story" systems?

    10) MENTAL FILING SYSTEMS --- Loci mnemonic (p144-156)

      [1] What is the "Loci System"?

      [2] How well does the "Loci System" work?

      [3] How can you use the "Loci System"?

    11) MENTAL FILING SYSTEMS --- Peg mnemonic (p157-171)

      [1] What is the "Peg System"?

      [2] How well does the "Peg System" work?

      [3] How can you use the "Peg System"?

    12) MENTAL FILING SYSTEMS --- Phonetic mnemonic (p172-187)

      [1] What is the "Phonetic System"?

      [2] How well does the "Phonetic System" work?

      [3] How can you use the "Phonetic System"?

    13) USING MNEMONICS --- Remembering people's names and faces

      [1] How do we remember names and faces?

      [2] A system for remembering names and faces

      [3] How well does the system work?

    14) USING MNEMONICS --- Absentmindedness and education (p203-217)

      [1] Absentmindedness

      [2] Prospective remembering

      [3] Retrospective remembering

      [4] Mnemonics in education

      [5] Memory in education

    APPENDIX --- Keywords for the "Phonetic System" (p219-222)

    CHAPTER NOTES (p223-254)

    INDEX (p255-265)

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p266)

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