{"product":{"product_id":"0143120530","title":"Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything","price":"9.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41LTPLNF5tL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143120530"},"comments":[{"body":"Integrating the right hemisphere is the way. Music is the simplest…memory palace is another option.\r\n\r\nThis is a great book that goes over the latter.\r\n\r\nMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143120530/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_DFTSKV40W19561PP8FS4","subreddit_name":"Bitcoin","author":"vagueink"},{"body":"Read [Moonwalking with Einstein](http://smile.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530?sa-no-redirect=1). It covers how to practice improving your short term memory.  It will take time and work, but you can make it better.\r\n","subreddit_name":"ADHD","author":"tekalon"},{"body":"Thank you for this a lot!\r\n\r\nFirst my apologies I made bold assumptions when framing my question. To answer your question about \"or are they all in some way shape or form reading to commit to memory\" What I really was trying to say was: \"I am not sure how memorization works truly deep deep down. In order to commit to memory does a topic always have to be broken down into text, read / rehearsed and memorized?\" I was mostly curious because I have never really heard of anyone memorizing a video (with the exception of movie quotes).  I ask because I am really good at memorizing movie quotes like I am one of those people who after we all go see it in the movies I can quote like 20-30 lines easy. \r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nAlso I do like the idea of \"Memory Palace\" I read about that in the book [Moonwalking with Einstein](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530) which I loved! Thank you for all your help, seriously!","subreddit_name":"Anki","author":"frankp2491"},{"body":"\u0026gt; Like unconsolidated raw video-spatial/audio data from events you were in that you review at a later date to formulate definite facts cuz you weren’t paying attention back during the event and that’s like the primary form of memory you use?\r\n\r\nBig yup. Sometimes it's photographic. Sometimes gross situations are boiled down to the cliff's notes/highlight reel version. Sometimes I can scrub the footage backwards or forwards, like through a flow-chart. \r\n\r\nConcepts are linked to visualizations and each iteration tends to jog other, related items. Like each overarching memory may be like a jigsaw puzzle and working on filling it in reveals how one puzzle links to other memories/puzzles.\r\n\r\nVisualizing things to remember is one technique the author discusses in this book, it's a fun read: https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530","subreddit_name":"ADHD","author":"NotAnActualPers0n"},{"body":"Remembering names and whatever else require practice. If this is something that really bothers you, maybe you should use some advanced techniques. There is this really interesting book about the subject. \r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530/ref=nodl_\r\n\r\nIt is not a guide to learn how to remember things, but gives a nice insight on how this works and some cues on where to find information on that subject.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"xSudEx"},{"body":"Read this book: [Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530). Seriously. Great techniques that make it so much easier to remember things and keep them in your head. Helped me so much.","subreddit_name":"IWantToLearn","author":"raindog67"},{"body":"Just so everyone knows, mind palaces are a method of memorization. It's the main topic in this book, [\"Moonwalking with Einstein\"](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530). The gist is you envision a space that's very familiar (like your house or yard) and place outlandish items as markers that help represent the thing you wish to remember. It's much easier to recall the ridiculous things you made up as representation than the actual thing you wanted to remember. \r\n\r\nIt's actually pretty effective, I still remember vividly stuff from college that I used the technique for on exams. \r\n\r\nThough I don't think this guy knows anything about it besides the word itself.","subreddit_name":"iamverysmart","author":"BadRooster89"},{"body":"I'm not good at names, but I've been learning to associate - I recommend as a fun education read [Moonwalking with Einstein](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530). The husband of my friend's sister is a guy named scott, but I could never remember his name. So I associated his balding head with the idea that scotch tape, torn of of his head quickly, would cause a similar result. \r\n\r\nNow every time I see him in the first .01 seconds I notice his lack of head hair, and immediately I know his name is scott. Because I would never think his name is scotch. works for me...","subreddit_name":"LifeProTips","author":"roraima_is_very_tall"},{"body":"This is a really great idea.\r\n\r\nLast year I read [\"Moonwalking with Einstein\"](http://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530), in one of the chapters they were talking about how time seems to pass so fast nowadays, unlike our parents and older people used to perceive time before all the smartphones and such, and one of the theories discussed that I really liked was the idea of doing something out of the ordinary, get out of the routine once in a while in order to retain more memory (for example if you travel, you are going to remember the trip, but you are also retaining whatever happened days before and days after) and by doing these 1 second a day moments I guess it's the best way to retain every little bit of your past, developing more memories and when remembering the past your brain will perceive all those years as really long years hence time seems to have passed slower","subreddit_name":"ted","author":"maracuchen"},{"body":"[The Feynman Technqiue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TwPi91AWOM\u0026amp;index=1\u0026amp;list=FL1soIj_Pdccf7JaKSuen8ug\u0026amp;t=0s) can be a good place to start. Basically entails learning a concept and then writing it down (or explaining it in your head) in a way that would be understandable to a class of 3rd graders. That way if there's any gap in your understanding you can figure out where you need to improve your understanding. Makes the ideas very strong in your mind like you are looking for.\r\n\r\nYou could also check out [Moonwalking with Einstein](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530). It sounds like that's more the sort of thing you're looking for. It goes into teaching the reader how to use the memory palace technique to develop a near perfect memory.\r\n\r\nEDIT: Added the second paragraph.","subreddit_name":"IWantToLearn","author":"reddington17"},{"body":"I find a common theme in these kinds of posts is a family member telling someone *what* to do, not *how* to do it.  It's especially frustrating when it's something we already want to do but are having trouble doing.\r\n\r\nPeople today just assume memory is spontaneous, and that some people just have a good memory and others don't.\r\n\r\nIf you read about it, though, there is a history of memory being something you do, not just something you have.  There are techniques you can use to memorize things like names.\r\n\r\nA lot of these techniques use things our brains are good at, like remembering geography and remembering shocking and disgusting imagery.  Disgusting imagery is so helpful that there was a debate among medieval monks as to whether the sin of using obscene thoughts was allowed since it made it so much easier to memorize holy scripture.\r\n\r\nSo in your case, imagine you meet a group of golfers.  You might \"geographically\" imagine each of them at a spot along the course you are familiar with.  The first person in the group is named Fred Granger, FG, so you imagine him standing on the first hole, butt naked, fucking a goose.  You won't forget that name.\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530","subreddit_name":"ADHD","author":"chunklight"},{"body":"I don't know if it counts as self-help, it's about improving your memory: [Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530).","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"LinaMinn"},{"body":"For creativity just practice whatever you want to achieve and you will get better at it. It can be easily explained with composing music. You just take a simple 3-4 note melody and practice till you are comfortable with it.(If you can't come up with one on your own just take any existing one from a song you like.) Then play it upper lower on keyboard or strings or whatever the instrument is. Then play it in reverse. Then change a note. Or another. Add notes. Take notes out. Speed it up. Slow it down. Do whatever sounds/feels good to you. Then you try playing two notes at the same time. Alternate between two variations. Just have fun with it. At the end you choose of all of this stuff what sounded best. The next session will be even better. Do this every day or when you time or when you're in the mood and before you know it you will be surprised how much better you're at it. This applies for anything you want to learn. Start small then build up to whatever you want to achieve.\r\n\r\nFor memory there are a lot memory techniques you can apply to remember stuff better. The Feynman technique is a good one. [This video explains it pretty good.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f-qkGJBPts) And [Spaced repetition.](https://collegeinfogeek.com/spaced-repetition-memory-technique/) There's a software named [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) what can make things easier. Also the memory palace. [This is a good with book about it.](https://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530) You can just google them, or memory techniques or mnemonics, there are tons of resources and how to use them. Try them out and find out what works best for you.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"LinaMinn"},{"body":"Read this.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530","subreddit_name":"askpsychology","author":"TheBreadWatcher"},{"body":"I'll recommend you two things:\r\n\r\n1. take a look at [udemy courses](https://www.udemy.com), maybe you find something that you really like, and you can master it eventually, idk, I'm trying that too, somehow with some hope we can find something;\r\n2. try the book [\"The Art and Science of Remembering Everything\"](https://www.amazon.com.br/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/0143120530) by Joshua Foer (you can find the free pdf file online too), I think you would like, for real.\r\n\r\nBut yeah, there's no stimulation in this education system and it only train us for memorize. Even math can be fun sometimes, but not in school, it's like they pick the worst subjects and throw on us.","subreddit_name":"Schizoid","author":"ludwigdinn"}]}