brief review of memory tips

1. Memory skills

2. Memory skills
Whats happening inside our brain?
Special techniques
Foods to eat

3. Sensory Memory
Earliest stage of memory
Visual information
Auditory information
Passage to next stage short term memory

4. Short term memory
• active memory
• information we are currently aware of or
thinking about
• approximately 20 to 30 seconds
• Next stage : long term memory

6. Long term memory
Continuing storage of information
Storage unconsciously
Used when needed

8. Organization of memory
• Semantic network model (certain triggers
activate associated memories)
• A memory of a specific place might activate
memories about related things that have
occurred in that location.
• For example, thinking about a particular
campus building might trigger memories of
attending classes, studying, and socializing with
peers

9. Memory
skills

10. GOLDEN RULES

11. 1. Repeat
One of the golden rules of learning and memory is
repeat, repeat, repeat.
• Taking notes
• Repeating a name after you hear it for the first
time
• Repeating or paraphrasing what someone says
to you

12. 2. Organize
• A day planner or smart phone calendar can help
you keep track of appointments and activities
• Try jotting down conversations, thoughts,
experiences.
• Review current and previous day’s entries at
breakfast and dinner.

13. 3. Visualize
• Associate the name with an image. Visualization
strengthens the association between the face and
the name.
• Associate the new topic with a past story or an
image you have seen or experienced

14. 4. Cue
• Using alarms or a kitchen timer to remind you of
tasks or appointments.
• Placing an object associated with the task you
must do in a prominent place at home.

15. 5. Group
• Group the items in sets of three to five, just as
you would to remember a phone number. This
strategy helps to extend the capacity of our
short-term memory by chunking information
together instead of trying to remember each
piece of information independently.

16. 6.Discuss
• Take a conversation whenever you can with
friends and colleagues.
• It encourages storage of information in long
term memory

17. PRACTICAL TIPS

19. • Pay attention. You can’t remember
something if you don’t pay enough attention to
it.
intense focus
• 8 seconds----------------------memory storage

20. • Involve as many senses as possible.
Relate information to colors, textures, smells,
and tastes.

21. • Relate information to what you already
know.
Connect new data to information you already
remember

22. • For more complex material, focus on
understanding basic ideas rather than
memorizing isolated details.
Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in
your own words.

23. • Rehearse information you’ve already
learned.
Review what you’ve learned the same day you
learn it, and at intervals thereafter

24. MNEMONICS