Intelligent Memory: Improve the Memory That Makes You Smarter by Barry Gordon

by Barry Gordon, Lisa Berger (Contributor)

Intelligent Memory, for many people, is at the heart of success in life. It's not the only factor – personality and luck play big roles – but it's perhaps the most important one that we can influence. This book is unlike any other memory book you may have read. It won't help you play Trivial Pursuit or remember everyone's name at a party, but it will help you better solve your everyday problems and learn to think better and more creatively. It will synthesize the evidence and eliminate the jargon to show you how good thinking works, and how Intelligent Memory can improve it. Find out how well you pay attention, use your scratch-pad memory, store information, make connections, solve problems, think creatively, and prevent mental mistakes…and learn how you can improve these important Intelligent Memory skills.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

219 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2003

Reviews

[Hamed Hazel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great insight on how our minds work, how idea are formed and stick

[Paul Vogelzang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I interviewed Dr. Gordon and was provided an ARC. This is a great book for many in my generation (60+ age), who want to better understand both the science and the future of memory.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought provoking in how to channel your memory to solve problems and help you in daily tasks.

[Dede Muharoom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gimana yah, sebenarnya belum rampung dibaca semua. Karena ada beberapa bab yang mengganjal di hati. Apalagi pada bab-bab yang isinya semacam test. Karena test-testnya biasanya berhubungan dengan kebiasaan sehari-hari, dan yang membuat buku ini orang luar negeri, ada beberapa kebiasan yang tidak sinkron dengan kebiasaan di Indonesia (penulis sebenarnya sudah mewanti-wanti di awal bab). Tapi yah, mood ku keburu ilang. Ya untuk yang fasih berbahasi Inggris mungkin tidak akan ada masalah. :3

[Geldar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written more for the layman than for the bachelor of psychology, Intelligent Memory was too general for my tastes, but also generally interesting. I wouldn't have read the whole book if I didn't think it'd have been a good idea to do so (I hope).

[Paul, · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting thesis about how memory works, but the author gave no practical advice on how to actually improve anything.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

i think i started reading this, though (ironically) i don't actually remember! So i'm not sure i finished it :-/