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How to Develop a Super Power Memory
by Harry Lorayne
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Lifetime Books, Hollywood Florida (1998)
ISBN: 0965597318
Paperback
SKU: 08100048
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine with slight curl in front cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Customer Reviews
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This Works, And Isn't Boring
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-01-27
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
In the first few chapters, Harry Lorayne gets you to memorise 100 peg words - attaching words to numbers 1 to 100 and memorising them.
"What?!" was my reaction when I found out I was supposed to do it. My short-term and long-term memory began declining years ago due to depression and heavy medication. My test and exam results haven't been so good because of these memory problems. I didn't think I could do this 100 peg word stunt.
But don't worry, and try it. Lorayne first teaches you to associate consonant sounds for each digit from 1 to 9, and 0. For example, the sound for #1 is T or D (the letter T has one downstroke). The sound for #2 is N (typewritten n has two downstrokes).
This way, when you later have to memorise the peg word for #12, you know the word starts with a 't' sound and ends with a 'n' or 'd' sound. For example, 'tin'. For #21, the word would start with a 'n' sound and end with a 't' or 'd' sound. For example, 'net'.
So 100 words may be difficult to remember, but the ones Lorayne suggest will not so difficult with this "sound guide". And these 100 words are very important because they play a big part in the later chapters in helping you remember dates, appointments, telephone numbers, addresses etc.
Besides these, Super Power Memory also teaches you how to remember your grocery/to-do list, train your observation, remember speeches, foreign language vocabulary, names and faces, facts about people, how to not be absent-minded, how to amaze your friends with a 400 digit memory feat and how to memorise the Morse Code in 30 minutes.
I've put some of Lorayne's methods to the test and have been successful in keeping names, appointments and grocery lists in my head. I'm very pleased I read this book and forced myself to memorise those 100 peg words.
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Marvel
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-12-22
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a Marvellous book. It is an interesting book that i had been very fond when i got it first. It can be used as a guide to memory
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How to Develop a Super Power Memory by Harry Lorayne
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-06-27
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book is an excellent rendition on the mechanics of memory
development and retention. According to the author, association and interest are key aspects of memory development. Mental pictures are important for recall. The author recommends
name recognition by continuous use in introductions, general conversation etc. Correlations are cited as a popular mechanism
for associating words with pictures. This work is an important
contribution to personal planning and improvement strategies.
The techniques explained herein are applicable to a plethora
of social relationships in business, academe and in informal
encounters.
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How to Develop a Super Power Memory by Harry Lorayne
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-04-26
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book has easy to apply techniques aimed at remembering
names, faces, facts and a plethora of details the average
person encounters each day. The work covers:
o memory methods and links
o pegging systems of memory
o how to train observation
o remembering speeches, scripts etc.
o card playing memory devices
o digital number sequence memorization
o remembering datesAn important memory device in the book is to develop associative
mechanisms to relate the words to be memorized to cognizable
"catch phrases, sayings and common everyday vocabulary".
Samuel Johnson once stated that " The true art of memory is the
art of attention. Put another way, one must be interested in the
subject matter in order to have the requisite incentive to recall
it. At some point, you must make up your mind to have the
requisite interest in order to remember numbers, people , dates
and a host of other trivia too numerous to list here.
A popular PEG system of memory is employed in the work . The
system was first introduced by Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein
circa 1648. In the year 1730, the entire system was modified
by Dr.Richard Grey, of England, who called the idea, letter or
number equivalents. In order to learn the method, participants
must first learn a simple phonetic alphabet representing keys
or memory aids. In essence, the mind becomes trained to translate
alphabetic representations into easy-to-recall numbers and
vice versa. The author even provides simple ways to remember
foreign language vocabulary and sentence structures. Similarly,
faces can be remembered by associating particular characteristics
with the person whose name you wish to recall. For instance,
assume that Mr. Style dresses well all the time. Remembering
this name would be easy. Every time you see the same person
dressed stylishly- associate the style of dress with the name
Style. This work would be valuable to students, teachers and
a whole host of professionals dealing with the nuts and bolts
of language recall on a daily basis.
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Excellent memory book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-04-12
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you have any imagination at all, Harry Lorayne's memory techniques will work for you. His techniques can help you memorize long lists of unrelated items, memorize numbered lists, and come up with systems that will help you memorize nearly anything (speeches, lines for a play, daily schedules, etc.). They work wonders.
A reviewer below said that his systems involve coming up with and memorizing a story. That's not really true. Creating a simple image or short scene in your mind (takes seconds) is more than enough to help you memorize each item in a list. You simply have to link each item to the items before and after it, you don't have to have a long, continuous story. If you have much imagination at all, it's really simple and fast. If you're not a visual person, it may be more difficult.
However, there are two downsides to Lorayne's systems. The first is that most of his books, including this one, are very gimmicky. They have huge promises on the cover (many of which are true) that make them seem too good to be true, and he spends most of his time showing you parlor tricks to impress your friends, so for a serious study of memory techniques or for use in school or an academic setting, you may be better off picking up one of his other books.
The other downside is that his techniques mainly help with short- and mid-term memory. You will have to go over a list or a set of associations in your head many times, often over a period of a few days, before it will become long term memory. However, using his techniques still makes this faster and easier than repetition - repeating something to yourself a couple times a day for a few days until you're sure you have it memorized is much easier than going over it 100+ times.
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