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Tips to Improve your Memory.
There are probably as many memory aids as there are things to be remembered.
Someday, researchers suggest, it will be possible to go to your doctor and get a
personally designed exercise plan for your brain to prevent your mental skills from
deteriorating, much the same way a physical therapist might devise a treatment
plan to help a bad back or a trick knee. Until then gerontologists have a host of
suggestions for things to do to stimulate your memory.
Here are a few suggestions:
Don’t cram: It is always better to sit down once or twice a day to try to remember
things than to try to cram ten hours of study in at one time, No matter what method
you use to remember the name of your new neighbor, your zip code, the amount of
time spent trying to remember is crucial.
Pay Attention: People pay attention to what interests them, if you must read and
remember, try and find a room where you can read without to many distractions.
There are probably as many memory aids as there are things to be remembered.
Someday, researchers suggest, it will be possible to go to your doctor and get a
personally designed exercise plan for your brain to prevent your mental skills from
deteriorating, much the same way a physical therapist might devise a treatment
plan to help a bad back or a trick knee. Until then gerontologists have a host of
suggestions for things to do to stimulate your memory.
Here are a few suggestions:
Don’t cram: It is always better to sit down once or twice a day to try to remember
things than to try to cram ten hours of study in at one time, No matter what method
you use to remember the name of your new neighbor, your zip code, the amount of
time spent trying to remember is crucial.
Pay Attention: People pay attention to what interests them, if you must read and
remember, try and find a room where you can read without to many distractions.
Be an active reader: If you want to remember written material, read each sentence like a critic would, ready to locate an inconsistency and
checking content against what you already know.
Keep a diary: If you have trouble remembering appointments, make sure every appointment is put on a calendar and be consistent. Keep the
diary in the same place so you always know where it is or run into it. Make it a point to check it every day.
Try an alarm: If you have trouble remembering appointments, try setting a wristwatch alarm to go off shortly before the appointment.
Keep lists: Always keep a shopping list tacked on the wall or any other place you will see it regularly. Add items and croos them off as they are
dealt with.
Write notes: write notes to yourself and leave them in obvious or prominent places.
Use your senses: If you really want to remember something, use as many sense as pssible (smell, sound, sight, touch, taste) to help impress on
you what you were trying to remember.
Relax: Its always more difficult to remember if you’re in a tense, nervous state. Take a few deep breaths and consciously relax your muscles.
Take your time: As we get older it may take longer to remember something, but often the information will surface if you wait a moment and don’t
push yourself too hard. If you can’t remember all the details admit to yourself you’ve forgotten and don’t beat yourself up over it.
Don’t expect to much: If you’re nervous about forgetting something you most likely will do just that.
checking content against what you already know.
Keep a diary: If you have trouble remembering appointments, make sure every appointment is put on a calendar and be consistent. Keep the
diary in the same place so you always know where it is or run into it. Make it a point to check it every day.
Try an alarm: If you have trouble remembering appointments, try setting a wristwatch alarm to go off shortly before the appointment.
Keep lists: Always keep a shopping list tacked on the wall or any other place you will see it regularly. Add items and croos them off as they are
dealt with.
Write notes: write notes to yourself and leave them in obvious or prominent places.
Use your senses: If you really want to remember something, use as many sense as pssible (smell, sound, sight, touch, taste) to help impress on
you what you were trying to remember.
Relax: Its always more difficult to remember if you’re in a tense, nervous state. Take a few deep breaths and consciously relax your muscles.
Take your time: As we get older it may take longer to remember something, but often the information will surface if you wait a moment and don’t
push yourself too hard. If you can’t remember all the details admit to yourself you’ve forgotten and don’t beat yourself up over it.
Don’t expect to much: If you’re nervous about forgetting something you most likely will do just that.