memory power.
By Maryam_Nazir
@Maryam_Nazir (249)
Pakistan
4 responses
@hachimitsu (873)
• United States
30 May 07
Get at least 7 hours of sleep per night, and try not to stress out as much; stress can permanently damage your memory. Exercising and eating healthy is also recommended. You should especially load up on B-complex vitamins (you can buy them at a supplement store), antioxidants (found in fruits, tea, dark chocolate) and omega-3 fatty acids (found mostly in fish).
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@wdiong (1815)
• Singapore
30 May 07
Some tips :
Tell yourself to remember. When you first learn a person's name, for example, tell yourself, "remember that". This signals your unconscious mind to rank this input higher in importance.
Know why you want to remember something. For example, to remember a person, think about how that person will be important to you in the future. If you want to remember fact about something, think about how you'll will need them someday.
Visualize the future. Imagine where you'll see a person next, and anything you notice about them. Use this with the last technique. The additional associations will set the memory more firmly in your brain.
Retrace your steps. When you forget something, like where you put your keys, you probably retrace your steps. This works, but try it in your mind, as if you were watching yourself from a distance. This can help keep you from blanking out parts of your route, as you did when you first set the keys down.
Plan your memory. When you set down the keys on the chair, see yourself walking in and setting the keys on the chair. You could also quickly imagine someone asking where you put them and you answering "on the chair." You'll remember where they are if you do this.
@laltu86 (1249)
• India
31 May 07
Multitasking might be the in thing in the 21st century but it causes stress leading to memory loss. Following are some handy tips to boost your memory.
If you have too many things to keep track of and they keep slipping your mind then its time you get a memory check.
It is important because absent-mindedness, lack of judgement, short-term memory loss and lack of concentration, as well as depression, can be early signs of serious conditions like dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.
Because of stress, one may have memory fatigue.
But Stress can be handled by eating right. In fact, along with the doctor, an apple a day also keeps neurologists at bay.
As a brain food, protein helps your memory too. And nutritionists call basil leaves and corn act as memory boosters.
And here's another reason to watch your cholesterol. “Cholesterol forms small plucks – obstruction to the blood flow. And blood flows to those parts of the brain, which are required to form memory are affected,” said Neurologist Dr J D Mukherji.
PQ4R is a handy memory aid – to actually remind you, what you need to do.
P is for Preview. “Preview is a kind of a survey that we do that is to get a jest of what we want to remember. Q is for question and now it's four R's – Read, Reflect, Revise & Recall to sharpen your memory,” said Psychologist Dr Bhavna Barmi.
Lastly try meditation as it helps you deal with stress and even sharpens your memory.