Saturday, December 11, 2010

Enhancing your memory

Enhancing your memory

How concentration, visualizing, interaction and reinforcement helps enhance ones memory

Our memory never fails us but we fail to recall certain facts. This happens as we unconsciously fail to memorize facts by not exercising our brains enough and by not focusing and concentrating and not due to memory loss. Failing memory is not related to age as much as it is related to how well we use it to our advantage.

BRAIN

 

 

Short term memory is located in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain which further gets transferred to the hippocampus region. The long term memory is stored in this area. We fail to remember when we are not able to pass on information from the pre-frontal cortex to the hippocampus.

Concentrate: Concentration and focus on information and facts being presented to you by being more attentive in order to enable it to be transferred to the long term memory. We fail to remember because we are trying to coexist between two thoughts which are unrelated and coming from different times. It is not lapse in memory but lapse in concentration which makes us vulnerable to think that it is memory loss.

Envision: Use your ‘seeing’ sense and visualize what is being said. Try looking up or in the persons eyes, or both, as you listen to what is being said. This eliminates the chances of letting your mind wander off to things around.

Interact: Whether you are alone trying to understand the situation or with someone, ask as many questions as you can. This not only propels clarity, but also helps you get further into the details, resulting in boosting your memory.

Reinforcement: The act of reinforcement is the key to memorizing things if done with concentration. With repetition, the neurons in your brain get a greater chance of interacting with each other. Therefore, the key to a good memory is repeating in your mind or with someone you know. However, negative or ugly experiences should not be reinforced as this may lead to brooding thereby making memory a liability rather than an asset.

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