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August/September 2002
Memorization Tips: Retention tips
This month we will be taking one more look at The Memory Improvement web site. Here are some
useful tips for helping you retain things you want to learn. Some of
these items have been mentioned before in other newsletters, but, as
noted below, repetition is one of the ways to help us remember!
"Use all the senses: If you can use not only your sense of sight but
any or all of the other four senses in your remembrances, then as
these pieces of information are all stored in different parts of the
brain, you have many more chances of bringing the information back to
mind when it is needed.
"Give yourself enough TIME to store the information: When you are new
to the game, it takes time to make the necessary associations and
visualisations. Once you have got into your routine for remembering,
it definitely gets easier.
"Reiterate and repeat, repeat repeat: The fact is that by repeating
something often enough a great number of connections are forged in the
brain, and retrieval becomes easy and instantaneous.
"Break material to be remembered into small chunks: if you have
something long and complicated to remember, then it is best to break
it up into manageable chunks and memorise a piece at a time, gradually
adding to the length of the memorised piece.
"Do not attempt too much at any one time: There is also research
evidence to prove that several short learning sessions are more
fruitful than one long one.
"Learn where you are likely to want to remember: It is a quirky and
interesting fact that we remember information best when placed in the
physical and possibly mental context in which we learnt it.
"Rearrange material to be meaningful to you personally: Lists can be
arranged in groupings of similar items, or so that they are similar to
information with which you are already familiar, such as clock times,
famous dates or sports records.
"Say things out loud: Anything you are trying to remember will be more
easily assimilated if you say the words out loud and really listen to
yourself saying them.
"Be determined to remember: Life is meaningless without memory, so be
determined to do everything in your power to keep memory keen.
For more details about these tips on memory retention, please visit
Memory Improvement's More about Storing Memories" page.
(*Note: Reference to this site is being made simply to point out the information
contained there. SoftLore, LLC does not have an affiliation with this site, or
any other site that we refer to in our "Memorization Tips", nor does this
reference imply an endorsement of any products, services, or theories associated
with the site)
Do you have some favorite tips and techniques for memorizing? Please
feel free to share them with us.
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