Consider this appealingly illustrated guide a personal trainer for the brain, one with a huge assortment of entertaining and fast-acting memory-strengthening techniques. Test your sharpness with fun instant assessments. Try intriguing short- and long-term memory tasks, such as remembering a series of long words and recalling landmarks on a map. Follow a month-long plan of " do it in a day" exercises. In addition to invaluable " Tips and Tricks" boxes, there' s advice on boosting concentration, using mnemonics and other forms of mental association, and much more. With the tools provided here, you won' t forget a birthday, struggle to find a word, or fail to match a name to a face.