Mentat Wiki

This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics that can be explored here include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome.

Wiki Topics

Mindhacker: The support page for the 2011 book by RonHaleEvans and MartyHaleEvans.

MindPerformanceHacks: The support page for the 2006 book of the same name by RonHaleEvans.

Easily memorize complex information - MemoryTechnique

Tips: LinkQuickly, NookAndCrannyMethod

Links: MemoryCourses, MemoryWebSites

Memory Feats: AlphabetFeats, CalendarFeat, PiMemorisation, KnightsTourMemory, PlayingCardFeats

Memory Systems: LinkSystem, MemoryPalace, PegSystem, NumberSystems, NumberRhymeSystem, NumberShapeSystem, MajorSystem, DominicSystem, SemCubed, MemoryChart, AlphabetSystems, PlayingCardSystems, BinaryNumbersSystem

SpacedRepetition, MemoryTraining, MemKata

Do hard math in your head - MentalMath

Multiplication: NumbersNearMultiplesOfTen, LogarithmTechnique

Roots and Powers: SquareRoots, SquaringNumbers, CubeRoots, CubingNumbers, FifthRoots

Feats: KnightsTourMath, MagicSquare

Approaches: PhysioArithmetics, FlashCard

Improve your intelligence

ImprovingIntelligence - an overview of possible ways of making people more intelligent

PhysicalExercise - there is strong evidence that exercise does not just make you stronger and healthier, but smarter too

BrainTrainingGames - improve mental performance by playing video games

UseWorkingMemoryEfficiently

MediTation

SmartFood, SmartDrug, CoffeeForProductivity

BioFeedback

Think better

CreativeThinking

CriticalThinking

ToolMapping: problem solving

Other pages

TheNameMentat comes from Frank Herbert's "Dune" novels.

ShorthandSystem: write smarter, not harder

DateCode: write and store calendar dates compactly

LanguageLearning

MindMapping

MentalHealth

BrainBlogs - blogs to monitor

BrainBooks - books about the brain and thinking

MasteringSkills - general principles of how to learn new skills

MentalWorldRecords

SelfDiscipline

ImproveYourSurroundings

MultiTasking

HackTheSenses

MentatTrainingPlan

GrowthMindset

SelfTracking

SpeedReading

HowToForget

What is a Wiki?

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