Never Forget a Name Or Face


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World Memory Champion an unprecedented eight times, Dominic OBrien shows how anyone can improve their memory with this fun and colorful palm-sized book. For just under $5-and just in time for those holiday parties-this essential helpmate reveals the secrets to remembering names and faces. OBrien, author of the best-selling Learn to Remember, packs this quick-reference book with fun and easy tips for recall know-how geared toward real-life situations. Simple visualization tools, brainpower boosters, and advice on focusing the mind will help turn forgetfulness into a thing of the past. This tiny volume is perfect as a stocking stuffers or not-so-subtle gift for forgetful friends. For anyone whos ever introduced Susan as Stephanie (or worse), Never Forget gives those memory muscles a much-needed workout.







The Memory Book


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Unleash the hidden power of your mind It’s there in all of us. A mental resource we don’t think much about. Memory. And now there’s a way to master its power. . . . Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas’s simple, fail-safe memory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play. • Read with speed and greater understanding. • File phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head. • Send those birthday and anniversary cards on time. • Learn foreign words and phrases with ease. • Shine in the classroom and shorten study hours. • Dominate social situations: Remember and use important personal details. Begin today. The change in your life will be unforgettable




How to Remember Names and Faces the Easy Way


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This is THE book on how to memorize names and faces. It's the only name memory book written by a 2 time USA Memory Champion. Using these techniques Ron White has memorized 128 names in 15 minutes at the 2011 USA Memory Championship. What if you could just learn 128 new names this year? You can. What would it do for your friendships and business if you developed a great memory for names and faces? This is the ONLY memory book that has images for 1600 world wide names! No other book offers that.This will save you MONTHS off your learning curve. In this book you will learn:The 5 step simple process to remember names and facesThis is stopping your memory from working and how to fix it in secondsHow to focus your brain instantlyHow I memorized a room full of names on National Geographic show Brain GamesMeet 30 people in 30 minutes and recall all their namesI promise you this book will eliminate you being from embarrassed by not remembering names!This is the only book on how to remember names written by a 2 time USA Memory Champion! What is the hardest part of remembering names? It's turning the names into pictures. This is the only book on name memory with 1600 names turned into pictures for YOU!! This book will save you months or work in developing pictures for names. Get better at remembering names faster with these 1600 images than any other book This is the only book you will ever need for remembering names and faces. Q & A with Ron White Q: Can anyone improve their memory?A: Yes, I have taught these techniques to a 6 year old and watched her memorize the names of the 44 presidents of the USA literally in just 90 minutes. I have also taught a World War II veteran and he was the star of the class. Some people will learn the techniques and become memory champions. Others will just get better at remembering anes Q: How long does it take to get good at remembering names?A: It depends but what takes the longest is turning names into pictures and getting pictures in your head for common names. It could take a year to turn 500 names into a picture. But this book does that work for you turning 1600 names into pictures Q: What is it like to compete in the USA Memory Championship and World Memory Championship?A: It is a TON of fun. I wish more people would start doing these tournaments. They are such incredible fun and the people you meet who are pushing their memories are just incredible. Q: When did you realize you had this special ability?A: I don't have a special ability. Anyone can learn this system. I'm a normal guy who learned a system Q: What is the most names you have memorized?A: 128 names in 15 minutes at the USA Memory Championships. As a veteran of the military and war in Afghanistan I also memorized all the fallen heroes from the us military. Itis over 2,300 names and took me about 10 months. Q: How many names could the average person remember?A: How about this: Set a goal for yourself to meet and remember 100 new names this year. Sounds like a lot but it is only 2 a week but just imagine how knowing 100 new people would change your relationships. If I can do 128 names in 15 minutes you can do 100 in 12 months. Oh, for the record you can do 128 in 15 minutes too but you don't believe me now. Get the book and then you will believe me.




Moonwalking with Einstein


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The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.




Forensic Facial Identification


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Forensic Facial Identification “A broad view of contemporary eyewitness research in both traditional and emerging areas. The international cast of contributors particularly highlights the interplay between law and research across countries — with lessons for all.” Steven D. Penrod, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice “At an age where we are relying more than ever on facial identification to ensure public safety, this volume represents an important milestone in ensuring our decisions are informed by the latest developments in technology and science. International experts provide practitioners with an exhaustive review of the tools needed to identify and investigate cases relying on facial identification, be they terror suspects or victims of disaster. What is unique about this book is that experts are encouraged to learn from mistakes made in the past and to equip themselves with theory and science to enable them to best use identification evidence to avoid miscarriages of justice. An outstanding contribution to the field.” Amina Memon, Professor of Psychology Royal Holloway, University of London Forensic Facial Identification provides an up-to-date set of best practices for professionals using eyewitness identification to solve crimes of all kinds. The book brings together a prominent group of contributors to discuss the latest scientific and technical advancements and their implications for practice. The contributors review current procedures for various facial identification methods and discuss their use and reliability. The chapters examine traditional forms of eyewitness identification, such as mugshots and line-ups, but also delve into newer technologies, such as facial identification using CCTV images and computerized automatic face recognition systems. Detailed case studies help put the latest research and technology in the proper legal context. Bridging the fields of psychology, criminology, and law, this essential volume, part of the Wiley Series in Crime, Policing and Law, is for those wishing to stay at the cutting-edge of this expanding and changing field.




Learn to Remember


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Drawing upon the extraordinary skills of eight-times World Memory Champion Dominic O'Brien, Learn to Remember provides a unique illustrated repertoire of proven and effective ways to enhance your memory. In this book you learn how to extend your memory power, as well as to use a wealth of shortcuts and techniques applicable to a wide range of tasks, from memorizing a speech, a shopping list or a set of city street directions to remembering names and faces. Learn to recall details at work and never miss that anniversary. When Dominic first trained himself to remember longer and longer sequences of random units, he found himself recalling forgotten experiences from childhood as his brain's powers became strengthened and refined. We all have the potential to sharpen and extend our memories to a degree that might seem incredible to anyone who was never tried it. Improving our memory is the key to a more fulfilled life. If we can master the arts of storage, retention and recall, our knowledge of the world improves, we can derive more from our reading, we learn to be more effective at work, and even our relationships become richer and more harmonious. With a master memorizer as your guide, you can open up rewarding inner realms of possibility you never even knew existed. Join Dominic O'Brien on what may turn out to be the most memorable journey of your life.




How to Remember Anything


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The Only Book of Its Kind—Build Memory Power Whether You're 8 or 80 Dean Vaughn's How to Remember Anything is a remarkable system for harnessing your brain's capacity for memory. Vaughn's user-friendly ten-step system goes beyond the drills and repetitions many of us learned as children by tapping into the power of sight and hearing. Visualizations, sound-alike words, and odd juxtapositions of objects (the more illogical the better) are some of the elements of Vaughn's sure-fire program to remember and retain everything from the names of the presidents of the United States to birthdays and appointments. Millions of individuals have benefited from this remarkable, proven memory system. You will too! How to Remember Anything will help you remember: * names and faces * vocabulary and world languages * where you put things * numbers, reports and meeting agendas * appointments, birthdays and anniversaries * your schedule and things to do * how to speak in public without notes * geography, geometry * ANYTHING!




Never Forget Names and Faces


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Learn quick and easy tips to remember names and faces based on Dominic's world beating methods Remember the names of people you've met only once or many years ago, never stumble over a name again and match the name to the face every time. This fun pocket sized gem will change the way you use your brain - and give you endless entertainment. Make your life easier with effortless recollection.




The Woman Who Can't Forget


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Jill Price has the first diagnosed case of a memory condition called "hyperthymestic syndrome" -- the continuous, automatic, autobiographical recall of every day of her life since she was fourteen. Give her any date from that year on, and she can almost instantly tell you what day of the week it was, what she did on that day, and any major world event or cultural happening that took place, as long as she heard about it that day. Her memories are like scenes from home movies, constantly playing in her head, backward and forward, through the years; not only does she make no effort to call her memories to mind, she cannot stop them. The Woman Who Can't Forgetis the beautifully written and moving story of Jill's quest to come to terms with her extraordinary memory, living with a condition that no one understood, including her, until the scientific team who studied her finally charted the extraordinary terrain of her abilities. As we learn of Jill's struggles first to realize how unusual her memory is and then to contend, as she grows up, with the unique challenges of not being able to forget -- remembering both the good times and the bad, the joyous and the devastating, in such vivid and insistent detail -- the way her memory works is contrasted to a wealth of discoveries about the workings of normal human memory and normal human forgetting. Intriguing light is shed on the vital role of what's called "motivated forgetting"; as well as theories about childhood amnesia, the loss of memory for the first two to three years of our lives; the emotional content of memories; and the way in which autobiographical memories are normally crafted into an ever-evolving and empowering life story.