How to Remember Anything

I discovered this book when I was researching for an academic speech on memory enhancement techniques. I've only skimmed through it so far, but I'm sure that the methods described will ensure my success when I begin my Bachelor Degree Nursing Program in the Fall. This is going to be the best summer read ever!! If you are a college student of ANY age (I'm 41) I highly recommend this book to help you get better grades in every class you take. I have recommended this book as a suggested text to my Anatomy and Microbiology instructors for future semesters. I am also giving a copy of the book to my niece who is graduating high school, and is going into the Pharmacy profession. We spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks, so why not less than $20 to make sure that the information in those texts will stay with you beyond the final exam?

This book is based on the idea that pictures (visual images) are easier to remember than meaningless words or numbers. The author shows you how to translate non-visual concepts into visual images that really stick. As an optometrist, I decided to try out his system by memorizing the names of 5 kinds of contact lenses and the oxygen-flow number associated with each, in order from highest to lowest. It took me just a few minutes. It uses all three of the basic methods in Vaughn's book: the room (locus) method for remembering things in order, the "audionym" method for making a visual image from an otherwise abstract word, and the "number code" for translating numbers into words. None of this is new, but Vaughn presents it well, with lots of examples and pictures. It would be an excellent book for exam-taking students.