From birth, children have a good memory - up to 7 years, they learn a huge amount of information about the world, form patterns of behavior, have ideas about certain processes. And our universal and powerful brain can really remember all this, especially if it is well trained.
It is believed that on average a person forgets about a third of what he has heard or seen after 20 minutes, and half is erased from the memory after half an hour. But we do not want to lose valuable information, especially if we obtained it purposefully from communication, as well as in the process of reading a book or watching an educational video. Is it possible to improve your memory?
In fact, if you do not have a diagnosis of amnesia, and you do not poison the body with alcohol and other toxins, then you can fill in the memory gaps with simple techniques. We offer 10 proven methods of how to independently strengthen the memory and improve the ability to remember new data.
10. Watch your diet
Do not think, we do not need to put the brain on a "diet". Just for his work, essential and essential amino acids, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins are very necessary. All the necessary components for brain nutrition contain the following products: various types of cabbage (especially broccoli and cauliflower), spinach, sea fish, berries (for example, blueberries), nuts, citrus fruits, dried fruits (raisins, prunes), beets, green tea and coffee, natural dark chocolate (cocoa beans content from 70%), spices (turmeric). And American scientists in another experiment proved that natural grape juice improves memory by 20% due to antioxidants. Vitamin B12, which can be found in animal proteins, also improves memory. And to prevent atherosclerosis, remove animal lipids from the menu (lard, butter, margarine, etc.).
9. Learn something new
In order for memory to develop, it needs to be loaded. And you can do this by throwing her new tasks that you need to disassemble and solve. Crossword puzzles train your memory well, allowing you to learn new words and broaden your horizons, read fiction statues daily, learn new foreign languages, dance, and learn skills. Start trying yourself in writing or art, which allows you to extract the necessary details and images from your memory, loading it and forcing you to work with a large array of information.
8. Do acupressure or acupuncture
Acupuncture of Chinese medicine, according to scientists, can help launch various internal systems and organs, cure diseases and pathologies. It is not surprising that acupressure of the temples or correctly placed needles allow you to open the central nervous system's energy channels, stimulate the nerve endings, which are responsible for storing, analyzing and assimilating information. If a Chinese doctor is not walking nearby, then you can improve your memory with a regular massage. Place your fingertips on your temples and massage them in a circular motion, activating the thought process and memory.
7. Play
Board games (economic, logical, puzzles, etc.) perfectly launch the cerebral hemispheres and improve its cognitive functions. Thanks to regular play, strategic and tactical thinking improves, which is forced to operate on the information of past experience for the purpose of analysis. Games also improve mindfulness, concentration and memory, which allows you to activate the brain's “clipboard” and put only the most necessary information there. Chess, sudoku, backgammon and other similar games have a very good effect on memory.
6. Get enough sleep
A quality dream is advice for any occasion, whether it is a cure for a disease, an improvement in appearance, weight loss, or memory strengthening. Only a clear head can qualitatively filter the information coming from outside and lay it out "on the shelves." Our “operative” works not only during the day, but also at night, providing a close connection of consciousness and subconsciousness. If then you do not want to rake up “bugs” and “errors” in memory, to remove “broken clusters”, then ensure yourself a dream in a calm and quiet atmosphere at night. Duration should be at least 7-8 hours.
5. Give up multitasking
Many people are proud of themselves, saying that I, like Caesar, do several things at the same time. Remember what happens to the computer’s RAM when you launch a lot of tabs on the Internet, turn on a movie in the background, and even manage to download several files with a torrent? That's right, the RAM does not cope, and each of the tasks begins to "slow down", and sometimes the system completely hangs. That's about the same thing happens with our brain when we try to hold several processes in memory at the same time. If you focus on one or two tasks, then you will complete them ahead of schedule and very high quality.
4. Focus on physical education
Another universal advice for all occasions, since a healthy mind can only be in a healthy body. It is known that many people get “insights” precisely during physical activity - working in the garden, camping, training, swimming, dancing, jogging, etc. Moreover, everything that “struck” your head on the go is remembered much better and more reliable. So do not waste your free time lying in a comfortable bed - get busy and provide the brain with access to oxygen, which contributes to the formation of new cells and neural connections.
3. Visualize memories
Many people have imaginative and photographic memory, so it’s much easier to extract information about an event from it, recreating in detail all the circumstances, forms, appearance, etc. When memorizing information, come up with an associative image for it, which will help in the future faster unload it at the right time. By the way, it is on this that our emotions are based, which we experience when contemplating old photographs, remembering our feelings, the sounds of the surrounding atmosphere, the taste of food, the beauty of nature, etc.
2. Practice meditation and proper breathing.
Yoga helps to become a one-tasking person, for example, to completely erase all extraneous thoughts from the head, concentrating on the most important one. Also, meditation purifies and releases consciousness, as if it stops all operational processes in the brain. Thus, after class, you begin to load the brain from scratch, so the memory will record all the necessary data. Proper deep breathing also promotes oxygen saturation in the brain.
1. Communicate
Communication makes a person quickly operate with concepts and knowledge, their own experience - and memory is responsible for this. The more topics you touch on during the conversation, the more logical arguments you have to find, the better your memory is trained. Of course, idle chatter about shopping, household items, or gossip sharing will not enrich your brain as well as productive conversations, competent discussions, and the search for creative solutions. Do not forget that during speaking, close contact is maintained between neurons and their synapses, which is very important for good memory.
A little attention, diligence and training will allow you to remember a large array of information and unload it into the brain in time. By the way, a healthy lifestyle is already a significant breakthrough on the path to long-term and high-quality memory.