How to Remember Anything: The Total Proven Memory Retention System Paperback – April 17, 2007

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.

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.

A pretty straightforward read that covers lots of techniques related to mnemonics in a variety of areas. If you are looking mnemonic techniques for a variety of areas you may want to check out this book. Many of the ideas presented are similar to many of the ideas presented in other resources.

I discovered this book when I was researching for an academic speech on memory enhancement techniques. I've only skimmed through it so far, but I'm sure that the methods described will ensure my success when I begin my Bachelor Degree Nursing Program in the Fall. This is going to be the best summer read ever!! If you are a college student of ANY age (I'm 41) I highly recommend this book to help you get better grades in every class you take. I have recommended this book as a suggested text to my Anatomy and Microbiology instructors for future semesters. I am also giving a copy of the book to my niece who is graduating high school, and is going into the Pharmacy profession. We spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks, so why not less than $20 to make sure that the information in those texts will stay with you beyond the final exam?

This book is based on the idea that pictures (visual images) are easier to remember than meaningless words or numbers. The author shows you how to translate non-visual concepts into visual images that really stick. As an optometrist, I decided to try out his system by memorizing the names of 5 kinds of contact lenses and the oxygen-flow number associated with each, in order from highest to lowest. It took me just a few minutes. It uses all three of the basic methods in Vaughn's book: the room (locus) method for remembering things in order, the "audionym" method for making a visual image from an otherwise abstract word, and the "number code" for translating numbers into words. None of this is new, but Vaughn presents it well, with lots of examples and pictures. It would be an excellent book for exam-taking students.

Another one I didn't get all the way through. There's a section that tells you not to proceed until you've mastered some certain skill. The skill was never mastered, so I never proceeded.

Just spot read, what I did read is very interesting. I am sure I will be totally satisfied with the book.An aside; My six year old grandson said he would like to know how to remember everything but he doesn't know how to read an adult book. Ask if after I read it will I tell him what it says.

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

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