Course curriculum

  • 1

    Understanding Our Brains

    • Introduction

    • Understanding Our Brains

    • Different Types of Memory - Sensory Memory

    • Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory and Retrospective and Prospective Memories

    • Encoding, Storage and Retrieval

    • The Process of Forgetting

    • False and Fake Memories

    • Memory Bias

    • How Unconscious Memory Bias Affects Us

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test
  • 2

    Memory Principles

    • What are Memory Principles?

    • Association, Imagination and Location

    • The Repetition Technique

    • Exaggeration

    • Visualisation

    • Improved Health for Improved Memory - Physical Fitness

    • Sleep and Memory

    • Meditation

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test
  • 3

    Memory Techniques - Mnemonic Devices

    • Songs and Rhymes

    • Acronyms and Acrostics

    • Similar Sounding Technique

    • Notetaking Techniques

    • Chunking

    • The Method of Loci

    • The Link Method

    • The Story Method

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test
  • 4

    The Numeric Peg System

    • The Numeric Peg System - Rhyming and Shape Peg

    • Alphabetic Pegs - Phonetics (The Major System)

    • Memorising Ten Items

    • Memorising More Than Ten Items

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test
  • 5

    Situational Methods

    • Remembering Names

    • Remembering Presentations

    • Remembering What You Read

    • Remembering Passwords

    • Remembering Important Dates

    • Remembering Numbers

    • Remembering Formulas

    • Remembering Your To-Do List

    • Memorising Foreign Language Words

    • Memorising Speech and Scripts

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test
  • 6

    Passing It On

    • How To Teach These Principles To Others

    • Real Life Application

    • Become An Improve Your Memory Trainer

    • Summary

    • Take a Recap Test