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Thalamus
Basal Forebrain

Prefrontal Content
Hippocampus

Amygdala
Mamillary Body
Figure 2-14 Memory storage systems

can regain performance levels you may have had in the past
(see Chapters 6, “Regain an Agile Brain,” and 7, “Enjoy Your
Ageless Mental Agility,” for more details).
Areas of processing that are used frequently increase in
size and move into some of the surrounding areas previously
allocated for other functions. If you don’t use it, you do in-
deed lose it!

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
INVESTIGATION

Recall that Howard Gardner believes that there are at least
seven intelligences that should be valued equally: linguistic,
musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic,
naturalist, and personal. Knowing your strengths will pro-
vide valuable information to you. First you will know what
types of learning will come easily to you. Second, you will be
able to understand, and learn to compensate for, the types of
learning that are difficult for you.