Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your mind's eye. That's an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.
Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.
Memory isn't a theme; it's part of the human condition.
Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
Memory is the thing you forget with.
Human memory is short and terribly fickle.
'Mnemonic' is a play about memory.
I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what its potential might be.
The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
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