Memory Related Links

Academic research

• Centre for Working Memory and Learning - University of York
• Learning results and working memory - New research from the University of Helsinki
• Memories for Life - Aims to bring diverse memory research together

Art and memory

• Memory in art - Shona Illingworth, an artistic collaborator with Martin Conway
• The Trebus Projects - David Clegg and others work with people with dementia

Brain science

• The Brain from Top to Bottom, McGill University - Flash-based site exploring all aspects of the brain, including memory

Games and techniques

• BBC Science: The Human Body and Mind - mind games and fun tests

• Your amazing brain - UK site with memory games and tips
• Mnemonic techniques - tricks and tips and links to related memory articles
• Rutgers University Memory Disorders site - includes simple memory test
• MSNBC - Simple Memory Test
• World Memory Challenge - compete against people from around the world
• World Memory Sports Council - follow the World Memory Championship scores

Collected memories

• A Million Memories - donate a memory and help the Alzheimer’s Society
• Becoming German - site about childhood memories in German
• Exploratorium - US site that gathered earliest aural memories
• Capture Wales - Digital storytelling: Memory
• Marina Warner's Memory Maps - a web-based project in partnership with the V&A exploring people and places with fiction, history, traveller's tales, autobiography, anecdote, aesthetics and art
• Memorynet - a collection of memories from communities linked to the sea in the North of England

Help sites

• You and Yours - Dementia season
• The Alzheimer's Society - information and resources about Alzheimer's for anyone in need of expert advice, or just curious, including a special CD.
• The Alzheimer's Society in Scotland - resources, information and support
• BMJ Best Treatments site - guide to treatments for dementia, Alzheimer's and many other conditions
• BMJ Clinical Evidence - international source of the best available evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions
• British False Memory Society - support and services for families affected by False Memories
• The Child Brain Injury Trust - information and support for children, young people and families affected by brain injury
• Dementia Relief Trust - information and support for those affected by dementia
• Encephalitis Society - information and support for people directly and indirectly affected by encephalitis
• Headway - information, support and services to people with a brain injury
• Mental Health Foundation - resources, information and support about all aspects of mental health
• The Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation - provides rehabilitation for the individual cognitive, social, emotional and physical needs of people with non-progressive brain injury
• Pick's Disease Support Group - information and support for those affected by Pick's disease
• The Stroke Association - resources, information and support
• Vitalise (formerly Winged Fellowship Trust) - a national charity providing essential breaks for disabled people and carers
• Living with Dementia - blog about day to day life with dementia

Leeds University Memory Group

• Explore the research pages of the academic team behind BBC Radio 4's Memory Experience
• Fill in some memory questionnaires to help researchers at Leeds University discover more about our memories.

News articles and features

• BBC News - Hunger and Memory
• Woman's Hour - memory and gender differences
• You and Yours - Dementia season
• BBC & The Open University - I can't remember...
• Diary of a memory champion - What Andi Bell does in a day
• Psychology of memory - Matthew Saxton offers a psychologist's perspective on memory.
• BBC Science - improving your memory with fish oils
• Wikipedia - explore all aspects of memory
• Wikihow: Improve your memory - steps and tips to keep your memory healthy

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