Chapter 4 Taking control

In this chapter you will learn:

  • why some information gets stored in long-term memory
  • how your brain remembers different things in different ways
  • the seven steps to putting memory under your control
  • ways to manage your emotions and stay focused on learning
  • techniques for using your creative imagination to revolutionise your memory

For many people, unless an experience is so powerful that it burns itself into their brain, the only way of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory is to practise. Repetition certainly has an important role to play in learning, and the things we remember regularly do gain a special place in ...

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