To Keep A Good Memory

How To Keep a good memory- Tips.

Many people complain of having a bad memory, but in reality the cause of your forgetfulness may be more in the lack of attention that in a memory problem. If you do not exercise it, with the passage of time could lose it.

Tips and how to keep it in shape with memorizing techniques.


All we  blame for the everyday forgetfulness to a problem of bad memory. And if you have frecuently forgetfulness, it is time to worry about.

But maybe not because his memory goes from bad to worse, as you might think, but because you do not pay any attention to what you do; in other words not used it and never exercises it.

What is serious to continue as well is that if you are not using your memory now  in  perhaps in the future may be you will have serious drawbacks.

The majority of the forgetfulness is due to the fact that the people do not organise information. "The people retracted or inattentive does not encode the data and when they have to remember believe that it is the memory that doesn't work for them,".

When you do not find their keys, probably did not realize where the left and therefore do not know where they are. It is not that has forgotten about it. Never codified in the memory.

To memorize, the mind follows a process that consists of three stages. "In the first, we hear or see the new information; in the second, we organize mentally; and in the third we recover it when we want or we is necessary,"

Within the activities of the memory are remember, recognize and learn. And their functions are encoded, retain and retrieve.

The key to this process is the attention. As well as other factors such as selection, the interest and the stimuli. To be selective memory only serves certain specific things, from certain interests.The waiter know very well in which bureau must be carry the burger, in which must be carry the malted and which be the pasta.
Of this depends their job; therefore he has been trained to memorize the orders, something that for any other person would be very difficult to do.

The stimuli are of great influence in the memory. For example, grandparents tend to forget, among other causes, because sometimes there are few interests and encouragement in their life. They remember distant things that were important to them, but not when have  to pay for the services, because the latter does not represent any emotion.

The memory works as a pianist, who in base of training and motivated with his concert practice up to refine every detail of his musical interpretation.

People who do not have motivation or incentive let pass things without attention and virtually his memory lives on permanent holiday.

"As a result of not exercised, the memory deteriorates. It must be trained to make it good and strong,".

The memory is like a muscle, which if not used is atrophy.

Use your memory
Ah, yes ... Use your memory. This may be useful some aid such as those offered by the mnemonic or method for remembering information. A simple example is the rhyme "thirty days has September ... with April, June and November ... ".

The basic principle of the mnemonics is to use the best features of the brain to encode information, explain the researches. An important ally is the imagination, it helps to build links between the different information, which allows them to be remembered with ease.

* Associate what you want to remember with something that was familiar. For example, if you are relating the map of Italy with a boot-shaped, it will be easier to remember as it is.

* Organize and meet. If you have to remember a list of names, memorize the list in groups of three, for example, to learn more easily.

* Rhyme or create a new word with the initials of what you want to memorize: Use musical tunes, acronyms from to learn and retain new information.

For example, to learn the names of the planets you can use some days of the week. Monday (Moon),Sunday (Sun) or Saturday (Saturn).

* Study in short periods and frequent. The memory needs time to process content.

* Do not try to memorize at a time when your emotional state is a chaos, this decreases the possibility of performance.

* Read often. With this wide your concepts and exercises the memory.

* Say it aloud. The vocalizing by yourself and hear it, repeating new information are more likely to withhold this information.

* Avoid the routine. Make periodic changes in their daily lives to keep the mind alert. Change of whereabouts of bus, reacomode furniture or use the left hand to open the door. Make the brain to perceive differences.

* But also develop routines. Be organized to aid the memory. Choose a special site for those objects which often loses, as a keychain or the glasses.

* Work with the mind. As any other part of the body, the brain needs exercise to function optimally. Play chess,Checkers,Backgammon, do crossword puzzles, learn foreign languages,do not use the calculator for basic math, in summary, keep the brain active.

* Keep your mind open to new ideas, this stimulates the brain.

*Make meditation or yoga,this "passive" introspection can activate brain´s inusual  areas and make us more actives in all of our daily activities.