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How to Remember Everything
'Richard Wiseman is arguably the most interesting experimental psychologist working today' Scientific AmericanTry to remember these R A I O L T A L G. Struggling? Let's rearrange them and try A L L I G A T O R. Having a great memory is easy when you know how your mind works. Packed with powerful tricks of the memory trade and the science behind them, psychologist and bestselling writer Professor Richard Wiseman helps you to remember names and faces, birthdays and meetings, telephone numbers and shopping lists, exam answers and pub trivia, and where you left your keys (they are on the small table behind your sofa). Impress your friends, sharpen your mind and change your life with this unforgettable little gem of a book.
- GenresNonfictionPsychology
48 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2018
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Richard Wiseman
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Professor Richard Wiseman started his working life as a professional magician, and was one of the youngest members of The Magic Circle. He then obtained a degree in psychology from University College London and a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
Richard currently holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, where he has gained an international reputation for research into psychology of luck, self-help, persuasion, and illusion. He has published over 50 papers in leading peer reviewed academic journals (including Nature and Psychological Bulletin), and his work has been cited in over 20 introductory textbooks.
A passionate advocate for science, his best-selling books have been translated into over 30 languages and he has presented keynote addresses at several organisations, including Microsoft, The Royal Society, Caltech, and Google.
Richard is the most followed British psychologist on Twitter, and has created viral videos that have received over 40 million views. Over 2 million people have taken part in his mass participation experiments and he has acted as a creative consultant to Derren Brown, The MythBusters, CBS’s The Mentalist, and Heston Blumenthal, Nick Cave, and the West End play ‘Ghost Stories’.
Richard is a Member of the Inner Magic Circle, an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association, and a Fellow of the Rationalist Association. He is one of the most frequently quoted psychologists in the British media and was recently listed in the Independent On Sunday’s top 100 people who make Britain a better place to live.
He likes sushi, is fond of dogs, and finds Arrested Development very funny.
Professor Richard Wiseman started his working life as a professional magician, and was one of the youngest members of The Magic Circle. He then obtained a degree in psychology from University College London and a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
Richard currently holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, where he has gained an international reputation for research into psychology of luck, self-help, persuasion, and illusion. He has published over 50 papers in leading peer reviewed academic journals (including Nature and Psychological Bulletin), and his work has been cited in over 20 introductory textbooks.
A passionate advocate for science, his best-selling books have been translated into over 30 languages and he has presented keynote addresses at several organisations, including Microsoft, The Royal Society, Caltech, and Google.
Richard is the most followed British psychologist on Twitter, and has created viral videos that have received over 40 million views. Over 2 million people have taken part in his mass participation experiments and he has acted as a creative consultant to Derren Brown, The MythBusters, CBS’s The Mentalist, and Heston Blumenthal, Nick Cave, and the West End play ‘Ghost Stories’.
Richard is a Member of the Inner Magic Circle, an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association, and a Fellow of the Rationalist Association. He is one of the most frequently quoted psychologists in the British media and was recently listed in the Independent On Sunday’s top 100 people who make Britain a better place to live.
He likes sushi, is fond of dogs, and finds Arrested Development very funny.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
May 26, 2018
Very interesting but some mistakes
this book is very meaningful and important in your everyday life. however I guess this is Kindle's fault but the elephant and gray trick doesn't work for me as well as the "turn to page... " thing is very confusing but overall great
this book is very meaningful and important in your everyday life. however I guess this is Kindle's fault but the elephant and gray trick doesn't work for me as well as the "turn to page... " thing is very confusing but overall great
November 20, 2023
Book that I bought only to get a multi-buy discount. Book that has a cool title because why not remember everything. Book that after I read it I was glad I do not actually remember everything.
Several memorization tips which gave me a feeling like they were cut out from tabloid magazines. Hardly any information is valuable or helpful and those few pieces of advice are speculative anyway.
My final score was 19/28 so I give one extra star for … I can’t remember.
Several memorization tips which gave me a feeling like they were cut out from tabloid magazines. Hardly any information is valuable or helpful and those few pieces of advice are speculative anyway.
My final score was 19/28 so I give one extra star for … I can’t remember.
September 24, 2019
I may have been unfair in my rating here. I guess time will tell. If I feel in a few months’ time that my memory has improved, I’ll have to come back and increase the stars.
Certainly a very accessible book with some useful memory exercises to try. I regret reading it on a kindle tho. Hard copy would have been better for completing the exercises.
Certainly a very accessible book with some useful memory exercises to try. I regret reading it on a kindle tho. Hard copy would have been better for completing the exercises.
June 2, 2018
Total scam. This cost the price of a book but it's shorter than many magazine articles.
November 11, 2019
A great little book with some top tips for remembering stuff.
March 10, 2020
I adore Wiseman’s other work but this is too short to justify the purchase. Some issues with the text not being adapted for ebooks, which is the publisher’s fault.
May 11, 2023
Quirky and fun easy reading to get your brain ticking over and improve that memory. I personally really enjoy it.
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