Lynch - Recall Forever: How To Improve Your Memory, Organize Your Mind and Remember Everything

Th ere is one thing that all experts that study the brain will agree on. Many of the ways in which it works is clouded in mystery. How we think, learn, interact and remember things can be hypothesized about, but there is no way to actually draw an iron-clad picture of the processes. A very famous patient, referred to by his initials H.M. many times, suffered a fall off of a bicycle at the age of 7. This presumably began a lifetime of seizures and epileptic symptoms that was unrelenting. In 1953 his case was referred to Dr. William Beecher Scoville at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. This neurosurgeon felt that the epilepsy was centered in the temporal lobes, so he opted to operate and did a bilateral resection of that area, including the hippocampus region.

It did alleviate the seizures to some extent, but what they also learned is that he ended up with a retrograde amnesia. Everything for up to 2 years prior to surgery was forgotten. Some events up to 11 years past were forgotten. The amazing thing is he was capable of recalling other memories just fine. He even had the ability to learn new motor skills, such as holding a paint brush and painting a picture, though he would not remember learning them.

His was an interesting case that was studied heavily until hi s death in 2008. His brain is still studied post-mortem in an attempt to understand what the dynamics were in relation to the actual structure of the brain. What importance does any of this have to improving memory? Well it shows that even in the worst case scenario situations of structural damage to the brain, it finds ways around in an attempt to improve on, learn and remember life events.

You may feel that you have the worst memory of any living creature, but this book will bring every available tactic known to help you improve both your memory recall and the ability to store the information you need for easy access. The brain is often likened to a computer, but it is actually MUCH better than any man-made electronic. It has the ability to make neurological pathways where there were none before. It is an ever changing and malleable organ that still astounds scientists daily.