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How to Sharpen and Improve Your Short Term Memory By Kevin Sinclair
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| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
In the short term, as suggested by the wording is the part of your memory that stores information for a short period of time. This is where the information you will not be necessary to refer to is retained, as the price of a particular product in supermarkets, for example. The amount of information and the length of time it can be stored at this place depends on the vigilance of the individual. If we want to retain a piece of information, we tend to repeat again and again, if it sticks in our mind. It is not normal for most people to be able to recall information from their short-term memory, unless they practice techniques to provide data for long-term memory.
As an example of what we are trying to remember a phone number. The number in question is an average of seven digits 4372819. If you try to remember this number with a digit at a time, five minutes later and you are not likely to be able to remember the number. Now give it another go in mind the number two, 43-72-81-9, with the exception of 9 at the end. Give yourself five minutes and try to remember the number in this way. You will find breaking the whole number into three sections + 9, you are more likely to remember the number. The number is not different from before and you are still the same person with the same brain. Do not you think that the two are completely different from the results surprising?
So how can I improve my short-term memory, I hear you ask?
The answer is simple: the practice of all time. The more practice you have the more you will be able to keep short-term memory assets. The practice of trying to remember phone numbers, PIN numbers, ID numbers of car and so on, but be sure to use the strategy described above.
A form of short-term memory, we use the practice on a regular basis, it is our shopping list. If you're not writing the list down and we must keep in mind in the head is a way to fool proof commit to memory. You have to buy nine items, such as hair dye, chocolate syrup, milk, jam, hair gel, coke, shoe polish, shampoo and deodorant. With this in mind the form of a story in your head that relates to everything on your list. For example, have a mental picture of the dye your hair with chocolate syrup and then washed with milk. You can then put the jam on your head instead of freezing, then wash it with shampoo. Now you polish your shoes, a little squirt of deodorant, pop your bottle of coke in your bag and leave the house to go to work. Creating a story as it retains all the elements you need in one place instead of being brutally dispersed in place.
We can see from this example that the short-term memory helps us carry out our daily tasks effectively and efficiently. It's almost like having paper and pencil in hand on a permanent basis. However, it should be noted that people who are severely traumatized need to always ensure that their therapist is present when using images like this can be dangerous when used in a mood disorder .
Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of My-Personal-Growth.com, a site that provides information and articles to improve the autonomy and personal growth and development. |
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