Stay focused
Learning and remembering require commitment and attention. The more focused you are, the more likely that new information will be retained. Pay attention to what you consider most important.
Learning and remembering require commitment and attention. The more focused you are, the more likely that new information will be retained. Pay attention to what you consider most important.
To write down
reminders immediately
Take notes, make lists, mart the calendar, or keep a journal.
Take notes, make lists, mart the calendar, or keep a journal.
Make associations
Connect new information to things already store in the long-term memory. Use a new word in a sentence.
Connect new information to things already store in the long-term memory. Use a new word in a sentence.
Follow a routine
Each activity will serve as a cue for the next.
Each activity will serve as a cue for the next.
Repeat names of people you meet
Listen carefully, then use the name in conversation. Link the first letter with a characteristic of the person. The more links you have to face, the easier it will be to come with a name.
Listen carefully, then use the name in conversation. Link the first letter with a characteristic of the person. The more links you have to face, the easier it will be to come with a name.
Have a place for everything
Keep key, wallets and other important things in the same place when you are not using them.
Keep key, wallets and other important things in the same place when you are not using them.
Be confident
Self-doubt leads to anxiety and makes retrieving stored information more difficult.
Self-doubt leads to anxiety and makes retrieving stored information more difficult.
Visualize
Think of everything you want to remember in a particular location in your house. Then imagine walking through each room and “viewing“ each item.
Think of everything you want to remember in a particular location in your house. Then imagine walking through each room and “viewing“ each item.
Exercise Your Mind
“Use it or lose it” definitely applies to memory. No matter
what your age, your brain can continue to store new information, if you make an
effort to learn and challenge yourself. An active brain produces new
connections between nerve cells that allow cells to communicate effectively
with each other. Theses connections help the brain store and retrieve
information easily. What follows are important ways to build and maintain a
strong memory.
Stay physically active
The mind-body connection is real. Aerobic exercise such as walking, biking, and swimming is particularly important for memory because it helps keep blood vessels delivering adequate oxygen to the brain. Daily exercise keeps you alert. It also decreases the risk of high blood pressure and strokes, common risks to proper brain function. People who exercise regularly also tend to sleep well that is another must for healthy memory.
The mind-body connection is real. Aerobic exercise such as walking, biking, and swimming is particularly important for memory because it helps keep blood vessels delivering adequate oxygen to the brain. Daily exercise keeps you alert. It also decreases the risk of high blood pressure and strokes, common risks to proper brain function. People who exercise regularly also tend to sleep well that is another must for healthy memory.
Get plenty of rest
During sleep, the train has welcome decrease in sensory input, which allows it to sort through experiences and activities. This period of consolidation is essential to lay down and organize memories.
During sleep, the train has welcome decrease in sensory input, which allows it to sort through experiences and activities. This period of consolidation is essential to lay down and organize memories.
Learn something new
Try new experiences unrelated to your normal activities. Start writing a memoir or play games using a computer. New activities can make new connections in your neural pathways.
Try new experiences unrelated to your normal activities. Start writing a memoir or play games using a computer. New activities can make new connections in your neural pathways.
Exercise your mind
Word games such as scrabble or cross word puzzles keep those neurons firing. Play online chess. Go to a museum.
Word games such as scrabble or cross word puzzles keep those neurons firing. Play online chess. Go to a museum.
Concentrate
Try to sharpen your focus with any common object, for example a cup of tea. Note the weight and size of the cup. Look at its color. What’s the color, flavor, aroma and temperature of the tea? Such an exercise sharpeners your perception and helps you remember details.
Try to sharpen your focus with any common object, for example a cup of tea. Note the weight and size of the cup. Look at its color. What’s the color, flavor, aroma and temperature of the tea? Such an exercise sharpeners your perception and helps you remember details.
Relax
When you’re tense or anxious, you can’t concentrate or process information. Learn to calm yourself with breathing exercises. Yoga offers a great way to unwind. Remind yourself of what’s important and good in your life. Let the rest of it go.
When you’re tense or anxious, you can’t concentrate or process information. Learn to calm yourself with breathing exercises. Yoga offers a great way to unwind. Remind yourself of what’s important and good in your life. Let the rest of it go.
Stay connected
Keep up to date on current events, films, and other topics that interest you. Seek out people with whom you can have lively and positive conversations. Isolation can lead to depression, and that itself causes memory problems.
Keep up to date on current events, films, and other topics that interest you. Seek out people with whom you can have lively and positive conversations. Isolation can lead to depression, and that itself causes memory problems.
To Feed Our Brain
A good diet with plenty of complete protein, fresh fruits
and vegetables, whole grains and healthy fats is as important for the brain as
for any other organ in the body. However, brain cells can be more demanding
nutritionally than other cells. Brain cells require a great deal of carefully
controlled energy to function optimally. Brain and nerve cells deserve special
dietary support.
Proteins and fats are needed to make new
connections
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