Foreword / by Daniel L. Schacter -- All the ways to remember. Memory is not one thing -- Procedural memory: muscle memory -- Working memory: keep it in mind -- Episodic memory: travel back in time -- Semantic memory: what you know -- Collective memory: what we remember together -- Making memories. Do you need to try to remember? -- Get it into your memory - and keep it there -- Retrieve that memory -- Associate information -- Control what you forget and remember -- Are you sure that's not a false memory? -- When there is too little memory - or too much. Just normal aging - or is it Alzheimer's disease? -- What else can go wrong with your memory? -- Post-traumatic stress disorder: when you can't forget -- Those who remember everything -- Do the right things. Exercise: the elixer of life -- Nutrition: you are what you eat -- This is your brain on alcohol, cannabis, and drugs -- Sleep well -- Activity, attitude, music, mindfulness, and brain training -- Techniques to remember better. Memory aids -- Basic strategies -- Remember names -- Advanced strategies and mnemonics -- Afterword -- Tips to remember better -- Appendix: Medications that can impair memory.