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Memory Skills are No Mystery

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We’ve all experience how easily memories can unexpectedly come and go. Understanding that we can work at absorbing and holding on to information means we have the option of increasing our ability to remember.

In all areas of life, mastering skills for a lifetime requires having a strong memory. It only makes sense that we could benefit from learning more about how to boost our memory. Why not do it would be a strange question!

A first step is learning how to think about the capacity to remember. The majority of us need to fully realize that memory is actually a skill, not a gift. The power to recall knowledge can be built up if we exercise it.

Our brains were masterfully created with the capability of learning and growing, of making decisions and creating and building and exploring and more throughout life. The genius of being able to read about increasing one’s memory gives us opportunity to improve it.

Books and online sites offer ways to take our brains to the gym. The quiz below can help you begin training your memory. If you have used techniques to strengthen your memory please share them in the comments below.

  • Question of

    The memory device called a mnemonic clue is any combination of…

    • Associations that assist us in remembering something.
    • A method of stacking facts mentally to aid in remembering them.
    • None of the above.
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    Memory tricks, or hacks, such as mnemonic clues are most helpful in…

    • Knowing if new information useful.
    • Retrieving learned information.
    • None of the above.
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    Asking a series of whys about new information is useful in memorization because finding…

    • The answers give us understanding of the information.
    • The answers cause us to review the information.
    • Both of the above.
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    A positive attitude about having a good memory prevents…

    • Wasting time worrying about remembering.
    • Bad decision making based on misinformation.
    • None of the above.
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    Paying attention to when we do not understand something means…

    • We can ask questions for clarity in order to retain the information better.
    • We learn we need to do some research so we can understand the information and remember it better.
    • Both of the above.
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    Learning about the concept of how words are enhanced by pictures frees us up to…

    • Utilize drawings or diagrams as we work to remember something.
    • Join that art club we’ve always wanted to be a part of and start a new career.
    • Both of the above.
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    Embracing the concepts of focus, inspection, observation, scrutiny, and surveillance helps us have…

    • A sharp double-edged memory.
    • An authoritative memory that serves us well.
    • Both of the above.
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    Writing a review of a day’s events and information helps us…

    • Retain details for later recall.
    • Be more accurate in our recall.
    • Both of the above.

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  2. Yes, well, I have an unfair advantage. Besides being old, writing rhyme is a perfect memory exercise, crossword puzzles, sudoku, annagrams, crop circles, oh oops. Grin.

  5. 8 of 8. It could also be mentioned that several illnesses and deficiencies can cause memory loss or difficulties. Still, I’m continually trying to work on my memory.

    • Good job! Yes, that is true. For most of us the skill is something we can strengthen, however, if memory loss is an issue caregivers usually look first at the age group of the patient. For instance, a simply treated UTI in an elderly person can present the same as some symptoms of Alzheimer’s, and medicine/supplement interactions can do that at any age. There are many factors to consider when memory loss is a concern but as you say, working on training the brain to remember is something we do not need to give up on.

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