My Interview About Memory Improvement Techniques on BBC Radio Wiltshire

Memory Improvement Techniques are always a good topic for media interviews. Questions always include “How can we improve memory?” and “What memory techniques do you recommend?” as well as a general discussion about why our memory seems to get worse with age. I was on the road earlier this week when I received a call…

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My First Musical Mnemonic

I was reflecting on my post from last week about how to remember stuff when you are learning a musical instrument when I suddenly remembered one of the oldest mnemonics I have encountered. I can recall as a 6 year old having piano lessons in this old house that seemed millions of miles away from…

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I Am Off To Florida

Brrr it is cold here in the UK at the moment because of the coldest weather and the heaviest snow falls we have had in this part of the world for 18 years. Now whilst I love the snow (nothing better than that crunchy feeling as fresh snow compacts under your boots) it is a…

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Memory Techniques For Playing Any Instrument

I have been thinking about my last post about memory techniques for playing the piano and wondered if you have any suggestions for helping someone play not only the piano, but any musical instrument. Some of the advice I have either been given or read about includes things like learning a new piece backwards. Now…

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Memory Techniques for Playing the Piano

I get lots of questions from people all around the world about all aspects of memory and today I had this question from someone who has been reading my book on Memory Improvement Techniques “Memory Power Up“. Here is what they had to say: I have been studying your book Memory Power-up in effort to help…

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Mnemonics Work for Aikido Too

I have been interested in the Martial Arts for as long as I can remember. When I was at university, I practiced Karate and then when work forced me to moved away from my Dojo in Plymouth I took up Tai Chi (which I still practice to this day). Then after being in the martial arts wilderness…

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Mnemonics – One for the Great Philosophers

I don’t know about you but I am not really an expert on philosophy. Much of it is above my head and whilst I like a good old ponder on the wonders of the world we live in and the people who inhabit this planet, I really don’t understand it. Now that does not mean…

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Reading Out Aloud When is it Good For You?

Subvocalisation is one of the challenges we have to overcome if we are going to learn how to read much faster. It is a habit we develop when we first learn to read because the teachers (and our parents) need to know we are doing it right. It is simply saying to ourselves what we are…

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What It Really Takes To Be An Effective Reader

I teach people how to become more effective readers all the time. The strategies are really quite simple and you can divide an effective reading course (or speed reading course if you prefer that description) into three phases: Phase I This gets rid of the bad habits we are taught in school that have been…

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Mnemonics, Mnemosyne and How to Memorize

Let me take you back in time just a few wee centuries and share with you what very little I know about Greek Mythology. Zeus was king of the Gods at that time (must have had a good election campaign that year) and he had a little intern called Mnemosyne. Now Mnemosyne is the personification of memory…

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