Total Memory Workout: 8 Easy Steps to Maximum Memory Fitness
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About one in a million adults has a photographic memory–that is, the ability to remember anything they’ve seen. But it’s reassuring when Total Memory Workout notes that even people with photographic memories don’t remember everything; they can forget a name as easily as anyone else. That’s the truth about memory, Green says: Everyone has to work at it, and this eight-part memory-fitness program will make anyone better at remembering. Green is founder and director of the Memory Enhancement Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and she explains in layman’s language how memory works, why it sometimes doesn’t, and how it can be improved. Along the way, she debunks some popular ideas about memory, noting that by simply exercising you can get benefits that equal those attributed to the nutritional supplement gingko biloba, and that there’s nothing about aging that inherently impairs memory. [Read more…]