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  Most people struggle with either short-term memory or long-term memory... or sometimes both. It seems that as we age, we both lose the ability to spontaneously memorize (maybe our minds "feel" overcrowded), and to recall that which we have memorized but "archived" somewhere which may appear to be inaccessible. Some simple , albeit weird braintenance tricks can absolutely enhance both your immediate and longer-term memory as well as your ability to access data filed away in your mind. The key methods to memory enhancement are simple: 1) repetition and usage of new data; 2) focusing on pictures of pages instead of on their content (to build eidetic recall); 3) creating silly, offbeat stories involving the data in their order of appearance. A wonderful TED session follows to provide you with some interesting insight into how some of these simple tricks can make you a memory master. Enjoy this presentation, and then see how many of these sequences you can remember af...

There are three basic keys ('secrets,' if you wish) to learning to speak any language adequately (for most purposes) within an incredibly short period of time, with credit given, in part, to Dr. Pimsleur of the famous "Pimsleur Approach": 1 ) Every language has its principal structure in common with every other language. These common roots emerged from the very beginnings of Humankind 's first use of language, and they have not changed structurally. Were you to waste some time a diagram a sentence in any language, you would find the same building blocks. While writing is different, speech is very much the same. Your mind is built to learn and speak any and all language; 2 ) Repetition, drill and writing actually inhibit our ability to "absorb" speech and to connect it with the core language center of our brains. These things don't enhance our ability, but they serve to confuse us and to set our subconscious minds on a destructive course to defeat o...