The Great Memory Book [Paperback]

This comprehensive and well-illustrated resource meets the explosive "baby-boomer" demand for self-improvement, peak-performance and anti-aging topics. The Great Memory Book translates the latest brain research into non-technical language and provides the reader with countless specific concepts and practical strategies to boost memory and recall in everyday situations. -- Anonymous reviewer

Formerly a publication of The Brain Store

Teachers and students can use these simple memory techniques for recalling names, faces, facts, formulas, definitions, foreign language words, correct spelling, lists, and more.

A former teacher and current member of the International Society for Neuroscience, co-author Eric Jensen, MA has taught at all education levels, from elementary through university. In 1981 Jensen co-founded SuperCamp, the nation's first and largest brain-compatible learning program for teens, which now claims more than 25,000 graduates. He is currently President of Jensen Learning, Inc. in San Diego, California. His other books include Student Success Secrets, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brain-Based Learning, Brain-Compatible Strategies, Sizzle & Substance: Presenting with the Brain in Mind, Trainer's Bonanza, Completing the Puzzle, and Super Teaching. He's listed in Who's Who Worldwide and remains deeply committed to making a positive, significant, and lasting difference in the way the world learns. Jensen is a sought after conference speaker who consults and trains educators in the U.S. and abroad. Karen Markowitz, MA, is a professional editor, freelance writer, and former educator who credits the research that went into this book with improving her memory. She has edited eight books on the brain and learning; and is charting new territory as co-author of The Great Memory Book. She lives with her family in Carlsbad, California.