How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week: 52 Proven Ways to Enhance Your Memory Skills

Further guidelines are given in Step 25, on how to remember fiction. But nerves can undermine the pleasure of giving or hearing such speeches, not least because stage fright is a notorious memory thief: confronting an expectant audience, even the best-rehearsed of speechmakers may suddenly find that their mind has gone completely blank. It is easy enough to combine the Journey Method with learning by heart a few eloquent sentences. Not only does the brain stop producing new neurons as a result of stress, but the corresponding lack of mental stimulation can cause existing neurons to die.