Feeding Your Brain for Maximum Memory
Keep your body and mind healthy! What you eat and drink directly effects the chemistry of your brain and thus the keenness of your memory. Without balanced meals and healthy lifestyle, your brain won't be able to excel.
Eat 3 balanced meals per day, each meal consisting of 3 parts:
Fruit or vegetable
Complex carbohydrate
Protein
Stay hydrated:
Drink water and juices
Moderate your caffeine intake
Minimize sodas and sugar drinks
Take the following supplements:
Vitamins, such as C, E, and the Bs
Minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc
Keeping a Vintage Memory Well Pruned
You don't know less as you grow older. You probably know much more, and you certainly are a lot wiser than when you were young. But your information processing speed slows down as you age, that's just a fact of life. To retain your power to learn and recall, try these:
Reduce your stress level
Improve your blood circulation
Correct any reduction in your hearing or eyesight
Push your temporal lobes into more activity
Keep your occipital lobes humming
Share jokes with friends
Change your routines
Turn off the TV
Go back to school
Spend time with younger people
How to Remember a Name
I always had problems remembering names; it's probably because I'm not good at it and I don't really pay attention. Here are some steps you can do to help store the name into your long term memory.
Pay attention: make sure that you hear the name clearly. If you don't, ask him to repeat it.
Give the name special meaning: Connect the name with some aspet of his physical appearance or personality by:
Exaggerating: Imagining an artist drawing a caricature of the person and highlighting that one physical feature.
Associating: Linking that one physical feature with some aspect of his personality, such as the way he moves or expresses himself or wears his clothes.
Repeat the name: Use it in conversation with him - just don't over do it. Repeat the name silently to yourself.
Review afterwards: Think again about the clever association you have made between his name and some aspect of his appearance or personality.
Protecting Your Memory from Overload in a High-Speed World
So many things to do, so little time. In order to have your brain perform at its maximum potential, here are a few tips:
Avoid multitasking: Don't talk on the phone while emailing, or watch TV while reading. Divided attention dampens memory. Be selective. Be exclusive.
Finish each project before moving on to the next: If that's impossible, make a clean break as you move back and forth. For example. stand up and stretch.
Keep your cellphone and pager turned off when you don't absolutely need to be in touch.
Check email and phone mail messages a few times a day, not continuously.
Watch Tv selectively: Don't just watch to see what's on.
These are mainly the points that I summed up. By this time you would have already said to yourself, but these are just small things that everyone knows. They are, but pushing yourself to do everything as good as possible is quite difficult. Sorry to disappoint the people who thought there will be one secret method to improving your memory!
