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Book Preview: #1 Your brain can remember anything, and it does so by changing as a result of what you experience. Your brain perceives the sensory, emotional, and factual elements of what you experience through the portals of your senses.
#2 The four steps of memory formation are encoding, consolidation, storage, and retrieval. To create a memory, you must put the information into...
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#1 We've all grown accustomed to the frustration of memory lapses, and the little things we do to get by in spite of them. We often forget what we want to remember, and we never forget what changes our lives.
#2 I had always been interested in numbers, and I thought that being able to calculate in my head would make me a little sharper in my field. I found the Extreme...
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Get the Summary of Charan Ranganath's Why We Remember in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters" delves into the complexities of human memory, exploring why certain memories persist while others fade. The book examines the role of forgetting as a natural and essential function, as demonstrated by Hermann Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve. It discusses the...
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#1 When Paul looked at the post, he was shocked to see a picture of his former fiancée, Nicole, standing by a sweeping harbor and the iconic Sydney Opera House. She was laughing at something the person on the other end of the camera had probably said. She'd been promoted from the first job, and her title was now Head of Finance.
#2 He tried to remember the incident,...
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Get the Summary of Walter Lord's A Night to Remember in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. On the Titanic's maiden voyage, a seemingly minor collision with an iceberg led to a catastrophic sinking, revealing the ship's fatal vulnerabilities and the unpreparedness of its passengers and crew. The initial underestimation of the damage, combined with a lack of sufficient lifeboats and a delayed response from nearby ships,...
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#1 I have been having sleepovers with my friends since I was a kid. They are a great way to spend time with them and to catch up on gossip.
#2 I had planned to transfer to public school the following year, so this was one of the last group events with my Catholic school buddies. We spent most of the early evening calling the girls on Bobby's second phone line.
#3 I...
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#1 Hollywood was founded in the 1880s by Methodists from the Midwest who saw it as a place where temperance could flourish. It was a temperance venture, but it was also a real estate venture.
#2 Hollywood was founded in 1903, and while it was a town that welcomed immigrants, it was also a town that banned anything that might lower the tone of the town. Instead, it welcomed...
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#1 On June 19, 2005, Michael Jackson boarded a private jet with his three children and disappeared. Ten days later, he landed in the remote island kingdom of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, which would be his home for the next year.
#2 After the 2005 trial, Jackson left America and lived in Bahrain as a guest of Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, a friend of...
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Get the Summary of Sinéad O'Connor's Rememberings in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Rememberings" is the memoir of Sinéad O'Connor, tracing her tumultuous life from a challenging childhood to her rise as a renowned musician. Born to separated parents, O'Connor faced behavioral issues and abuse, leading to her stay at a rehabilitation center. Her mother's death coincided with the start of her music career in...
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#1 The body remembers traumatic experiences, and this is illustrated by the following case of Charlie and the Dog. Charlie's traumatic event was when his dog died. His resulting somatic and psychological symptoms were resolved through the help of a therapist.
#2 The Body Remembers is about the effects of fear on the body, and how we can help our clients overcome their...
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#1 I was one and a half years old when I had my first whole memory. I was locked alone in my room with my brother on the other side of the door, laughing. I was wet-faced and shrieking, and I needed my mother to pick me up and place me back in my box.
#2 I can remember my father being at the farmhouse in Hadley, but I can't remember him ever being there with us. I can...
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#1 I woke up to a beautiful fall morning, and as I wrote, I thought about my life. I remembered the lies and deceit, and how something so beautiful and freeing turned into something so damaging and real.
#2 I remember the lies and deceit of something so beautiful and freeing turning into something so damaging and real. I was rescued by a man who didn't talk back, but...
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Book Preview: #1 I remember the ache of the strain on my fragile neck muscles and the root of my tongue. I was three years old when my mother told me about it. I have tried to remember my babysitter's face, but all I can remember is the funky ritual.
#2 I was working at a shoe shine shop when I met Steve, the banker, who would poison the core of my family's life. I didn't know at...
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#1 I remember the last thing I remember from the peaceful life was a fairy tale that my mother read us at bedtime. I always asked something from the Golden Fish: Golden Fish...Dear Golden Fish... I wanted to go to my grandmother for the summer and have papa come with us.
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#1 I remember when I was a boy, I would sit on the back steps of our house after an ass-whuppin', and my father would wander out with his head down and his hands in his pockets. He would just sit down next to me and quietly look off into the distance.
#2 I remember how my own tears were seen as an affront. I was constantly expected to be tough, but also to sacrifice...
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#1 I have a vivid memory of my father playing records in our house when I was three years old. I remember being scared of the mouse trap that was next to the turntable, but I also remember being fascinated by the final synthesizer sound that played when the mouse's neck was caught in the trap.
#2 I began to think about every record in the house as if it were more than...
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#1 The story of how we remember is like a bottomless well. We use our memory to light up the past, first our own, and then ask old people to tell us what they remember. We then look for letters written by people who are already dead.
#2 The history of the world is the story of how everything came to be the way it is today. It all goes back much further than just the...
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#1 In the summer of 2020, my family and I were under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I was excited to teach my daughter karate, but I couldn't remember any of the techniques. I started watching the first two seasons of the Karate Kid television sequel Cobra Kai, and noticed all the Easter eggs.
#2 Our brains aren't wired to remember routines, but they are wired...
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#1 I remember the green shag carpet, the shouting, the sound of fists pounding against walls, and the conviction that everything bad that was happening was because of me. I distinctly remember the feeling of pressure as if some great weight were pressing down on my chest and shoulders, making it difficult for me to take a deep breath.
#2 When my parents divorced, I was...
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#1 I have a speech impediment that makes me feel pretty insecure. I remember how my third-grade teacher made me walk to the front of the classroom and then ridicule me in front of my classmates. That was decades ago, but Satan still uses that memory to trigger anxiety attacks in my mind.
#2 God has a good plan for your life, but the devil also has a plan, and it is not...
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