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tracing connections
EXERCISE TWENTY FIVE Knowledge does not exist in isolation. By tracing connections from one subject to another and filling in the context, you begin to gain a more complete understanding. The information becomes more meaningful, more interesting, and hence more memorable. 1. Place leisure activities in context by learning about their background – not only through books but also through observation. A gardener might read up on the plant finders who in time past discovered and collected plants he or she is now growing, as well as keeping a diary of his or her own garden, with notes on flowering times, wildlife, and so on. 2. Place world news in the perspective of its historical background. There is no clean sep aration between history and current affairs. History is happening now, all over the world, as we read this book. Trace present events to their origins in the past. 3. When you come across a coincidence – two different sources mentioning the same name or information – take this as a sign that it might be worth delving further into the subject. In a biography, for example, you are sure to read about the subject’s family and friends – do some biographical research into these figures. memory of the future C ompetitors who take part in the annual Mind Sports Olympiad (of which the World Memory Championship is one part), whether they are competing at chess, memory, bridge or speed reading, are now being referred to as “mentathletes”. This term reflects a growing public fascination with the true potential of our brains. At the same time, it is being increasingly realized that feats of memory are not merely conjuring tricks, or attempts born out of sheer perseverance and application to make a name in the record books – like someone who has spent an unprecedented length of time in a phone box. No, memory champions demonstrate something much more significant than this: the perfectibility of mental capacity, the scientifically important fact that the brain can do far more work than most people realize. Nature’s gift of the mind is richer and more brilliant than anything most of us have ever dreamed of. It is reassuring that, in an age where technological innovation is massively dominated by computers, to make communal and personal information available through smarter and smarter software, there is a corner of our thoughts still devoted to the time-honoured topic of human memory. Even as you read, exciting new discoveries are being made in a handful of research labs across the globe. It is to be hoped that cognitive and psychological studies will continue to be pursued with everyday practical applications in mind – in particular, the question of which techniques work best for storing and retrieving specific types of information. What we can be fairly sure about is that none of us needs “gimmicks” (such as portable computers and pocket organizers) to be able to remember – just a will and a way. All we memory champions can do, for the moment at least, is pass on the techniques that we have learned by a long process of experiment and refinement. I like to think that we are pioneers, not conjurers. What conjurer would so willingly reveal the backstage workings of his tricks to a curious audience? In time, I hope that there will be more and more of us who can open up new rooms in the memory palace and pocket the treasures within. bibliography Abrahams, Roger D. ed. African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World Pantheon Books (New York), 1985 Ashcraft, Mark H. 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Searching for Memory Basic Books (London) and HarperCollins (New York), 1996 Wingfield, Arthur and Byrnes, Dennis L. The Psychology of Human Memory Academic Press (London and Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts), 1981 Yates, Frances A. The Art of Memory Pimlico (London) and University of Chicago Press (Chicago), 1994 acknowledgments The author and publishers would like to thank Tony Buzan for his permission to use the Mind Map®™ technique in this book. For further information about Mind Maps®™, please contact the Buzan Organization at the following places: Download 0.7 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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