Committed to Memory

By Rebecca Rupp

Book Overview

In this book, scientist Rebecca Rupp explains how and why memory works the way it does. What are the chemical processes that occur in the brain when we remember - and how do they account for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965576590
• ISBN13: 9780965576598
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Crown Publishers/random House
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Dwarfing a problem.

May I briefly review a review? The Kirkus review rightly points out that some memory techniques are more work than they are worth. This is a shame because it discourages people from learning simple and effective memory methods which have benefited me greatly me all my life. Case in point. The Kirkus review mentions the clumsy phrase used to remember the names of the Seven Dwarfs. Agreed. A much easier way to remember them...

Solid scholarship with a sweet candy-coating.

"Committed to Memory" is pop-science at its best: educational and entertaining. Not just some pseudo-scientific re-hash of ancient mnemonics like "Mega Memory" and so many other memory books out there; this book also preents the latest in legitimate scientific research on how memory works. Reading it provides one of those rare "a-ha" experiences; we are given explanations for facets of memory we all notice, but have seldom...

Don't forget this book.

Short papers-wide ranges of ideas, concepts and non-linear thinking of the memory and what it means to us physically, biologically, philosophically and emotionally. Invites self reflection and personal questioning. As well as seeding the desire to own a Planaria farm.