| Introduction | p. ix |
| Understanding How Memory Works | |
| You and Your Memory | p. 1 |
| How Memory Serves Us | |
| What This Handbook Is About | |
| Pinpointing Your Difficulties in Forgetting | |
| Feelings and Forgetting | |
| Registering, Retaining, Retrieving | |
| Take Note!--Registering | p. 17 |
| Attitude | |
| Interest | |
| Attention--Using Your Senses | |
| Organizing | |
| Registering--Summary | |
| Storing Your Files--Retaining | p. 27 |
| What Is Short-Term Memory? | |
| How Does Short-Term Memory Work? | |
| What Is Long-Term Memory? | |
| How Does Long-Term Memory Work? | |
| General Knowledge Memory and Personal Experience Memory | |
| Retaining--Summary | |
| Finding the Needle in the Haystack--Retrieving | p. 41 |
| Retrieving | |
| The "Tip of the Tongue" Experience | |
| Recognition | |
| Retrieving--Summary | |
| Why We Forget | p. 51 |
| Absentmindedness | |
| A Few Words About Theories of Forgetting: Disuse, Interference, Distortion, Repression | |
| Summary | |
| Am I Losing My Grip? Aging and Memory | p. 57 |
| Introduction | |
| We Are All Individuals | |
| Memory and Energy Levels | |
| Senility and Brain Disorders | |
| Depression and Memory | |
| Intelligence and Aging | |
| Learning and Aging | |
| Dealing With Memory Changes | |
| Common Practical Strategies for Remembering in Everyday Situations | p. 77 |
| Introduction | |
| Accentuate the Positive | |
| Be Organized: Making Lists, Keeping Appointment Diaries and Calendars | |
| Be Aware/Cockpit Drills | |
| Be Orderly/A Place for Everything/Routines | |
| Other Strategies for Remembering--Using Mnemonic Techniques | p. 91 |
| Introduction | |
| Method of Loci | |
| Peg Word System | |
| What's in a Name--Remembering Names and Faces | |
| Mnemonic Techniques--Summary | |
| Lifestyle and Memory--Putting it All Together | p. 109 |
| Body, Mind and Spirit | |
| How Does Nutrition Affect Your Memory? | |
| Memory and Recreational Drugs--Alcohol, Tobacco, Coffee and Tea | |
| Medications and Memory | |
| Handling Stress and Tension | |
| Physical Activity and Memory | |
| Self-Worth and Memory | |
| Lifestyle and Memory--Summary | |
| Wisdom and Age | p. 131 |
| Wisdom and Spirit/Weaving the Strands of One's Life | |
| Self-Acceptance | |
| Footnotes | p. 137 |
| Selective Bibliography | p. 139 |
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