Think of your brain as a library. But instead of books, imagine memories. In this scenario the librarian is hippocampus. The part of your brain responsible for sorting out memories.
This librarian of yours must be capable of finding certain information in a matter of seconds. Whether it is about a phone number or some dusty old memory that's been lurking in the basement of your library for years. But sadly, this mechanism doesn't work all the time.
So no matter if you are a student that is having a hard time remembering some important facts from your lessons in college or an old man who keeps forgetting doctor's appointments, there are a couple of things you can do. The goal is to help this old librarian in the brain organize and sort out memories. And there are 5 ways to just do that.
You are well aware of the fact that any kind of stress has a devastating impact on the quality of your life. And it's no secret that depression brings a great deal of stress on a daily basis. No matter if the cause of it is some sort of anxiety or anger.
But what you probably don't know is that depression can damage the part of the brain responsible for memory.
It all comes down to the fact that one way or another, the level of cortisol will rise enormously. So in time, that will damage the hippocampus and eventually leave you with no ability to concentrate.
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To understand this concept think of situations when you are working hard for hours, and after a while, you feel stuck. The productivity level falls dramatically. But after taking a break and going for a short walk your mood suddenly improves and you feel that you can move mountains again.
Remembering how that feels will help you realize how important physical exercise is, not just for the body, but for the mind as well.
So every time you have doubts about whether you should get off your chair remember the benefits of these walks and your brain will thank you.
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We all know that one picture is worth a thousand words. So turning a bunch of words into pictures can help your memory immensely.
Yet another method of memorizing things is to make up the story that connects all the things you need to remember. However bizarre it seems to be, it won't be long before you will see the fun side of it. There are no rules and you can get as creative as you want.
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The fragmentation method might prove useful for all those of you who have no troubles remembering the things on your grocery list, but you are going through a little bit of a pain every time you need to remember telephone numbers.
This method works by breaking the information down into smaller pieces. Once you do that, you are bound to remember everything.
Good news is that fragmentation isn't limited only to numbers. So let your imagination go wild on this one and combine this method with some visualization. The results will be fascinating.
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The key here is to make a connection between the information you want to remember with things around you. So that later the object will be used to trigger that specific information every time you look at it.
So for example, if you want to remember a dream, just put down some book on the floor. And when you wake up and see the book, the dream will show up automatically in your brain.
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