(How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System) By Dean Vaughn (Author) Paperback on (Apr , 2007)

I would very much like to buy this as a kindle book, but it is unavailable as such. This is the frustrating thing about kindle, some of the most interesting books are unavailable!

The best book that I've ever read. I think that the value of this book is infinite. Take it and you'll be able to remember anything in few minutes. INCREDIBLE

This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn how to learn. We learn by remembering what we are taught, so knowing how to remember is knowing how to learn. The methods in this book are very arcane to the majority of people, but that's because memory enhancement is not a popular subject in the U.S. I have a lot of educational books I am to do over the summer, and this book will help me learn how to retain the information I am taught. I believe learning how to learn should be mandatory in the first year of public education in the U.S. Anyways, you can remember anything with the methods taught in this book. I recommend this book to everyone who is not evil. There is one important point I would like to make though. The "numbered room" system taught as the first method in this book is inferior, at least in my opinion, to the "memory palace" method. Just to give you an idea of what these things are, they are mental environments where you store imaginary images. I don't need to go to in depth to explain why the "memory palace" is better. The "numbered room" forces you to use environments that are square or rectangle, and you need to order your information according to the layout the book gives you. By putting your images in this sequence in your "numbered room", you can access the images in the order of which you placed them, assuming that you need to recall information in order from first to last. With the "memory palace", you can still put images in a mental environment, but it doesn't need to be a square or rectangular room. You can also order the information from first to last as well. The "memory palace" does the same thing as the "numbered room", but it is less limiting. All the other methods in this book are fine. For information on the "memory palace", either do your own research or check out the book "Moonwalking With Einstein".

Amazing book! If you really want to remember like an elephant - this book is for you.

Questo libro è fantastico, può veramente aiutare ad allenarsi e a creare delle associazioni fantastiche, lo consiglio vivamente e anche gli altri libri di Dean Vaughn

A great book that can aid greatly in memorization! A powerful tool, but beware that you are able to verify what you are memorizing as fact with logic before you memorize it - otherwise it's not knowledge. Using these techniques regularly also helps increase your brain's plasticity to learn new information! The only part about this book I have to disagree with is Dean Vaughn's claim that his memory system is new and unique to him (for sales/copyright purposes, no doubt). The concept of remembering things based on position is from the Greek 'loci'. The idea of consonants having number values comes directly from the Hebrew language.