Chapter 3. How Good Is Your Memory?

When you learn any kind of new subject or skill, to see how much you have improved, it’s good to see where you started from. So this chapter is designed to provide you with a baseline showing how you feel about your ability to remember now and how you perform on different types of memory tests. Then, you can repeat the tests after you finish this book and examine the changes. You should expect to do better the second time.

These tests will give you a general idea of where you are now, though they are not scientific tests. The first test depends on your honest assessment of your memory abilities, and it depends on both your own candor and how accurately you make your assessment. If you approach the test with a ...

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