Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; A brief history of memory; Oral traditions; The ancient greeks; The ancient romans; Memory's changing fortunes; Memory in modern times; The memory maze; The landscape of the mind; Exercise one: catching the "jizz"; Left brain, right brain; Waves of memory; Types of memory; How memories are created; Exercise two: finding your digit span; The reliability of memory; Exercise three: hosting a memory forum; Sleep, dreams and memory; Memory and learning; Theories of forgetting; Lost memory; Memory in children; Memory and aging; Enticing the echoes. The memory gymnasiumThe art of memory; The art of imagination; Exercise four: painting a memory masterpiece; The art of association; The art of location; The art of concentration; Exercise five: a memory meditation warm-up; The art of observation; Exercise six: noticing the details; Revision and repetition; Memory and health; Memory and the senses; Exercise seven: the memory kaleidoscope; Memory and music; Exercise eight: staging a memory concert; The art of recall; Memory with a map; Mnemonics; Visual pegs; Exercise nine: the memory forest 10-note keyboard; The story method. Exercise ten: making a memory chainExercise eleven: weaving a narrative spell; The journey method; Exercise twelve: walking the walk; Exercise thirteen: the memory house; The dominic system; The number-shape system; Mind maps; Memory in action; Matching names and faces; Exercise fourteen: what's in a name?; Keeping a date; Exercise fifteen: using a mental diary; Finding the right word; Exercise sixteen: crossword heaven; Making speeches; Memory and games; Exercise seventeen: memorizing cards of chance; Memory at school; Reading and retaining; Exercise eighteen: evaluate, assimilate, remember. Speed readingExercise nineteen: checking the sense; Quick-fix retrieval; Exercise twenty: clearing the seabed of memory; The memory palace; Living through detail; Memory massage; Dealing with life's demands; Exercise twenty-one: The interview journey; Time travelling; Exercise twenty-two: harnessing schooldays; Releasing the past; Exercise twenty-three: disarming a memory; The world of emotions; Exercise twenty-four: rekindling the flame; Keeping the mind young; Exercise twenty-five: tracing connections; Memory of the future; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Copyright.