think Introduction REMEMBER Can you remember the last time you went for a bike ride Try to think of every detail What color was the bike What was the weather like Now try to remember what the ride felt like It's almost as if you are riding the bike all over again This is memory in action memory
BRAIN EILES Memory is the process of storing and retrieving information in your brain Your memory tells the story of your life And without memory you would not be able to learn new information Everyone has a memory But no one can remember everything Why do you forget some things and not others What can your memories tell you about yourself Read on and find out Word Challenge Part 1 i 2 Spend twenty seconds looking at the words below Then turn the page and keep reading Your memory of these words will be tested at the end of this book anteater eg9 pencil notebook dog peacock school airplane tomato computer tulip house
Chapter 1 ANCIENT MEMORIES UTI Memory played a very important role in ancient times Before writing was invented people shared information using stories These stories were passed down for hundreds of years MEMORY PALACE Roman philosopher Cicero studied memory in the 100s CE He used a trick known as a memory palace Cicero would think of a place he knew well like the route home Cicero would picture the route Then he would think of something he wanted to remember like a list of people's names He assigned each person's name to a location on the route By retracing the route in his mind Cicero could remember name each
Illilli Build a Memory Palace Part 1 Build a memory palace using your bedroom On a separate sheet of paper list five different spots in your room Picture each spot you wrote down Then look at the words below library book teddy bear astronaut calculator backpack Assign each word to a different location in your room Think of an image in your mind to relate the two This could be the library book laying on your bed Or an astronaut turning on your lamp Got it Turn the page and look for the Memory Palace Test
