I haven't had a chance to read much further, but so far - there really aren't any memory games to speak of, just certain exercises they encourage you to do before you move on to the next lesson. It makes sense since the lessons really build up on each other.
One of the big ideas is "Original Awareness", making the (pretty big, I think) claim that nothing that you are originally aware of can ever be forgotten. And their methods are supposed to force you to use original awareness when you are trying to memories (or remember) something.
To induce original awareness the book basically teaches techniques of observation and association - so taking new things and connecting them to things you already know.
It takes work, but I do find that after going over it in my head a few times and devoting some time to it, I'm looking at things in new ways and the stuff is actually sticking. I'm only about four chapters in, but so far - it's all been pretty nifty stuff, you should definitely nab a copy ^_^
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:42 pm (UTC)One of the big ideas is "Original Awareness", making the (pretty big, I think) claim that nothing that you are originally aware of can ever be forgotten. And their methods are supposed to force you to use original awareness when you are trying to memories (or remember) something.
To induce original awareness the book basically teaches techniques of observation and association - so taking new things and connecting them to things you already know.
It takes work, but I do find that after going over it in my head a few times and devoting some time to it, I'm looking at things in new ways and the stuff is actually sticking. I'm only about four chapters in, but so far - it's all been pretty nifty stuff, you should definitely nab a copy ^_^