Memory Enhancement Websites

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Memory Improvement Tutorials

Memory Techniques by MindTools: A large collection of documents on memory improvement, including all of the basic techniques; well organized.
Mnemonics overview (improving your memory skills).
Small Memory Improvement Course from the University of Amsterdam's Department of Psychology; includes intersting historical information on the history of mnemonics. In both English and Dutch.
Speed learning Szybka-Nauka web site in Polish by David Calinski; includes an official, direct translation of my five-part "How to Improve Your Memory" tutorial! (The tutorial translation even has peg words in Polish.)
Memory exhibition: Includes simple memory improvement tips in addition to scientific/technical information on memory

The Ten Commandments in Ten Minutes: The name says it all. Handy mnemonic. (Also a good example... be creative and apply the same idea to other things!)
A little tutorial on how to memorize PIN numbers.
ForgetKnot: Numerous mnemonics and applications of memory techniques to learning math, history, the arts and other school subjects. Still under construction as of June 1998: the author is hoping for submissions from people in order to help get the site started.
Be A Genius: On this web site, you can apply what you've learned at The Memory Page to learn a lot of memory tricks, such as how to memorize Pi, card tricks, extracting cube roots, etc.

MiTerre Productions, Inc.: The Amazing "Dr. Amazing" offers a well-researched book, "Master Your Memory with Dr. Amazing -- How Not to Forget" and 4 hours of companion audiocasettes. [Personal Note: I actually own a copy of the book. If you really want to learn tons more about memory improvement, Dr. Amazing covers a vast array of techniques, possibly more than any other book. He also has the only book I've seen to list potential peg words from 100 to 999!]
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory: Available for purchase from this reputable retailer. [Personal Note: See also my web page with my comments on Mega Memory.]
Memorização: Portugese memory cassettes and videos for sale.
Practical Memory Institute: Another source for memory improvement products. Includes "innovative" products like the Memory Works self-help CD-ROMs developed through National Institutes of Health research.

Elliott Mayo's free "2 Know" software is a very useful tool to automate the translation of numbers to words using a 149,000+ entry phonetic dictionary. [Personal note: This is using the same memorizing numbers technique described in my "How to Improve Your Memory" tutorial!] Now you don't have to struggle to come up with long words for numbers on your own! Piotr Wozniak's
Super Memo software helps you memorize in the least time and most efficient way possible by smartly spacing recall at computer-calculated intervals.
Paul Rædle's VTrain software quizzes you on a series of multimedia question flashcards and sorts them according to your current knowledge level. The website offers free vocabulary files for 40 languages as well as other school topics.
Total Recall: a PC-based shareware learning program which has been helping people to improve their memory skills for over ten years.
Memlok : Computer software to help you memorize dozens of Bible verses easily via clever picture flash cards (which can also be printed out).

Scriptorian: A computer program to help you memorize Bible verses and their references or poetry, quotations, hymns, etc.

Dr. Wilson's Mnemonics overview also includes a link to information about his "Old Time Medicine Show" in which he performs impressive memory stunts.
Studying for an Exam: Not a web page on memory, but on the related topic of studying, so this link may be of interest to you.