The Memory Workbook: Breakthrough Techniques to Exercise Your Brain and Improve Your Memory

I ordered this book for a friend and I believe it may have helped. This was shipped right on time.

Worried because you forgot some of the items you were supposed to pick up at the grocery? Afraid that your memory lapses may signal impending Alzheimer's disease?Ease your mind. This book will help you do just that by explaining memory and providing some very helpful techniques for memory improvement.Along with the surprisingly enjoyable exercises, Mason and Kohn address the kinds of memory loss that are reversible and discuss why certain types of memory degrade with age. They discuss specific drugs that elderly folk often take and explain what their memory consequences might be. They also discuss the role of diet in memory and offer tips for diet and supplements backed up by the latest research.Instead of giving up and giving in, help an elder improve their memory. Help yourself to a memory like a steel trap instead of a spaghetti strainer. Get this book, do the exercises, and develop a great memory - no matter what your age!Five stars!Phyllis Staff, Ph.D.author, "How to Find Great Senior Housing" and"128 Ways to Prevent Alzheimer's and Other Dementias"

I would recommend this book to anyone who is having cognitive problems, which is happening much in mainstream America nowadays. Hardly a person we know who hasn't said "I wish I could remember".

Although this book was written especially with seniors in mind, a person actually needs to want to get a better memory. A need to want to get better is motivated by prior experience.My mother had neither the best education nor the most motivating parents, so I can see how see how a senior with better upbringing could make good use of this book.As for those like my mother who prefers TV and videos for intellectual stimulation I believe that the Memory Workbook could easily be formatted to a learning type DVD.In fact, I believe a video would be even more effective in the style of NLP mind control experts like Derren Brown and Keith Barry. Mind Control (along with proper exercise and essential nutrients) is at the core of a good memory and can be affected within a few minutes with the proper programming.

I bought this for my husband who is getting up there, way up there, in years. I asked if he would like just a workbook, or a book with some 'academics', so I bought this book. The exercises are fine, but the type is so small and so dense in the beginning part that it's impossible for him to read it. Most people who are working on their memory are a little older, the author/designer should have taken that into account when they picked type size. Crazy. I'd like to get half my money back.

To make it short and sweet, this is a good book, a book that you should buy as it will help you improve your memory. Especially, besides explaning about the brain and memory, it actually presents exercises to practice to actually improve your memory. This is the type of book I was looking for. I has a lot of useful references and appendices and a glossary but, unfortunately, it has no index ion order to find and locate topics that you want to see if the book contains them. If you are looking to improve your memory then buy this book and study it.

Bought it for my husband, he says it is ok

First of all customer service was excellent! Refund was very quick.My elderly mother did not find it useful. Too academic, too much explanations for someone elderly trying to improve memory. Too many words and not enough white space. I think it would be a good book if it were simplified with briefer explanations getting to the point quicker.

The book is a good clear set of memory aids. It often reminds one that memory aids are a key to a more vibrant and clear thought process.

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