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Healthy Memory's Blog
http://healthymemory.wordpress.com
Although this blog is targeted for Baby Boomers, it should be of interest to anyone interested in memory enhancement both via mnemonic techniques and technology.
Recent Posts
Can Transactive Memory Be Harmful?
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia ponders how the internet is harming education. This article addresses the issue if too much reliance on external storage and the internet can be harmful. ...
More on Remembering Numbers
Pierre Herigone's technique is presented with examples for the number 1 through 100. This technique is central to many advanced memory techniques...
HAROLD
HAROLD is an acronym for Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in Older Adults. Hemispheric Asymmetry refers to the specialization of the left hemisphere for verbal processing and the right hemisphere for spatial temporal processing. As we age it appears...
What Do We Need to Know
This is the question we ask whenever we encounter new information, be it an article, a website, or whatever. If it is of no interest the answer is simple, no we do not need to know this and we proceed no further. The question becomes more difficult w...
Remembering Numbers
Numbers are among the most difficult items to remember. Psychologists at Carnegie-Mellon University conducted a study[1] in which, after more than 230 hours of practice, a student increased his memory span from 7 to 79 digits. The study concluded tha...
How Can The Brain Be Imaged?
Technologies that allow us to view what is going on inside the brain are a fairly new and exciting development. This blog provides a very brief explanation of these techniques. There will be frequent references to this blog in future presentations of...

