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Edward "Ed" Cooke (born 1982) is a British writer and author of ''Remember, Remember: Learn the Stuff You Thought You Never Could''.〔(''Remember, Remember'' book page at Amazon.co.uk )〕 He is also a Grand Master of Memory and the co-founder of Memrise, a free online educational platform that uses memory techniques to optimise learning.〔(Memrise, the mnemonics-based online educational platform )〕 Following this tweet 〔 https://twitter.com/tedcooke/status/95259864711958529 〕 in July 2011, he is also reputed to be the originator of the idea of Vine, a mobile social networking service based on short looping videos. He grew up in Oxfordshire.〔(The Herald article by Marjory McGinn )〕 ==Career== After graduating with a first class degree in psychology and philosophy from Oxford University in 2004 and completing a Master's degree in Cognitive Science at Paris Descartes University under the supervision of J. Kevin O'Regan in 2005, he started a career researching, writing about, and teaching memory techniques.〔(Author's bio at ''Remember, Remember'' book website )〕 At 23, he became a Grand Master of Memory.〔(The Independent article by Esther Walker )〕 Cooke uses memory techniques popularized by the likes of Tony Buzan and Dominic O'Brien, which involves turning raw data - packs of cards, series of numbers, US Presidents - into colourful imagery. His work has found popular application in education. To learn the electromagnetic spectrum, for instance, Cooke proposes transforming each stage (for example, the microwave) into an image (a microwave in the kitchen).〔(Video of Ed Cooke explaining his method on dysTalk )〕 He also features prominently in Joshua Foer's ''Moonwalking with Einstein'', having acted as memory coach to Foer, who went on to become U.S. Memory Champion.〔(Joshua Foer, "Secrets of a Mind-Gamer", ''New York Times Magazine'', February 20, 2011 )〕 He is co-founder of Memrise, an online educational platform that uses memory techniques to optimise learning.〔(Memrise, the mnemonics-based online educational platform )〕 Cooke's latest writings on memory, education and philosophy can be found on his blog〔(Ed Cooke's blog )〕 and on Twitter.〔(Ed Cooke on Twitter )〕 In May 2015, Cooke appeared in a BBC iWonder guide, (Never forget: Can anyone improve a poor memory? ) presented by Alex Jones. He demonstrates the 'memory palace' technique in order to remember 18 random numbers in one minute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Cooke (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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