Improve Your Memory Just by Using it the Way it is Intended to Be Used
Written by man on May 27th, 2009 in Health.
Do you sometimes forget the things you should be able to remember? Bad memory can be related to depression (taken a online depression test yet?) Depression is not the only cause of bad memory, however. You might not be using your own mind to the fullest of its abilities, because your own mind can be the best search engine on the planet – if you use it correctly.
There are two things that can go wrong when you are “processing your searches” 1) What you learn is not saved 2) The things you learn cannot be recalled.
1) The former. I will focus on the most important thing when it comes to successfully saving new information – attention. Your mind has this use it or lose it capability. If you do not use what you have learned, then eventually you will discard that information. This is particularly important for new data you save. If you do not give it some attention, then you will quickly discard it.
Small breaks & repetition are two things you can use to provide attention to the new data, you want to store. Yes, it is counter-intuitive, but breaks are great for providing attention to what you have learned. Even though you stop reading the new information, you don’t quit processing it for a little while. This is because you don’t take your attention away to other new knowledge that also must then also be processed and stored. Taking many small 5 min. breaks while learning lots of new data will enable you to better store the new information.
2) The latter. What do you do when you use a search engine on the Internet to find what you are searching for? If you need to find what you are searching for, you must already know what you need to find! It is the paradox of search.
You will neeed a search phrase to locate what you are searching for. The text you input into a search engine that describes what you are searching for is named a search phrase. It is a piece of text that you believe is attached to whatever it is that you want to find. If a person has put the information that you wish to find on the Internet and also has attached the same search phrase to that piece of information, then you will be able to find it. If he has not assigned the same search phrase to that piece of information, then you will not be able to locate it using that search phrase.
Your own is the best at associating what it learns. How you recall information is similar to how it works with the Internet search engines. If you have attached a number of search phrases to the data you need, then you can use any one of those to recall the data at a later time.
You attach a search phrase to what you later need to recall by first thinking of your search phrase, and then thinking of whatever you want to recall, when you later think of the search phrase. Your search phrase does not need to be a word; it can also be an image or a sound.
Finally, I wrap this up with a little example. If for instance you need to remember to buy a tooth brush the next you are at the supermarket, first recall an image of your supermarket (your search phrase) and then recall a picture of your toothbrush (what you want to remember). Next time you enter your supermarket, you might find yourself thinking you need to remember to purchase a tooth brush.
Your association feature may be very useful if you understand how to use it. Go play with it.
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