Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer | Includes Analysis
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Neuroscience, Self Help, Self Improvement, Memory Improvement, Reference & Language, Study Aids, Book Notes
| Author: | Instaread Summaries | ISBN: | 9781683788454 |
| Publisher: | Instaread, Inc | Publication: | March 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Instaread, Inc | Language: | English |
| Author: | Instaread Summaries |
| ISBN: | 9781683788454 |
| Publisher: | Instaread, Inc |
| Publication: | March 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Instaread, Inc |
| Language: | English |
Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein: by Joshua Foer | Includes Analysis
Preview:
Moonwalking with Einstein recounts author Joshua Foer’s yearlong journey from participant-journalist covering the national memory championships to becoming the 2006 USA World Memory Champion. Other segments offer a journalistic history of the human relationship with memory, addressing its failings, its successes, and its limitations.
Most people operate according to a series of misconceptions about human memory. Above all, many believe that they have an average brain and are therefore incapable of performing mental feats such as swiftly memorizing a deck of playing cards shuffled into random order. This belief, however, is false. Memory champions are no smarter than anyone else and have unremarkable brains from a biological standpoint. The difference is in how memory champions use their brain. They employ techniques and training to overcome shortcomings that are hard-wired into the human brain anatomy. Even those who appear to possess a photographic memory likely do not and are instead employing other memorization techniques…
PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.
Inside this Instaread Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein:
- Overview of the Book
- Important People
- Key Takeaways
- Analysis of Key Takeaways
About the Author
With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.
Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein: by Joshua Foer | Includes Analysis
Preview:
Moonwalking with Einstein recounts author Joshua Foer’s yearlong journey from participant-journalist covering the national memory championships to becoming the 2006 USA World Memory Champion. Other segments offer a journalistic history of the human relationship with memory, addressing its failings, its successes, and its limitations.
Most people operate according to a series of misconceptions about human memory. Above all, many believe that they have an average brain and are therefore incapable of performing mental feats such as swiftly memorizing a deck of playing cards shuffled into random order. This belief, however, is false. Memory champions are no smarter than anyone else and have unremarkable brains from a biological standpoint. The difference is in how memory champions use their brain. They employ techniques and training to overcome shortcomings that are hard-wired into the human brain anatomy. Even those who appear to possess a photographic memory likely do not and are instead employing other memorization techniques…
PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.
Inside this Instaread Summary of Moonwalking with Einstein:
- Overview of the Book
- Important People
- Key Takeaways
- Analysis of Key Takeaways
About the Author
With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.
