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Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory

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Tap into your brain's hidden potential and increase your memory capacity with this brief and effective course taught by a professor of Psychology.

Syllabus

  • 01: Your Amazing Prehistoric Memory
  • 02: Encoding Information with Images
  • 03: Maximizing Short- and Long-Term Memory
  • 04: Why and When We Forget
  • 05: Keeping Your Whole Brain in Peak Condition
  • 06: Human Memory Is Reconstruction, Not Replay
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Peter M. Vishton

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