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Developing your memory power is now possible through some simple methods. It makes you intellectually young too. Remember all skills are achieved through repeated trials. So be ready to practice these techniques regularly.
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Develop Memory Power
How to Maintain a strong memory for life
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Maintaining a strong memory for life depends on the health and vitality of your brain
If you are looking for ways to preserve and even enhance your grey matter as you age, there are
many things you can do to improve brain health and thus your memory and mental performance.
Brain deterioration begins well before old age
According to Dementia Today, an online publication which posts scientific news and professional views on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias from
the global research community, brain deterioration begins well before old age.
Loss of NeuronsPlasticity at Brain Synapses
Scientists believe that changes in plasticity at brain synapses — the junctions where neurons signal to
each other — and the loss of neurons may be responsible for this decline in function
Regions of brain involved in memory functions
Interestingly, these changes also precede Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia Today also reports that in Alzheimer’s disease patients, early neuron loss and changes in synapse function have been
observed in the hippocampus and neo-cortex — the very brain regions involved in language, memory,
and other higher cognitive functions
Strategies to maintain brain health
But there are strategies to maintaining and improving brain health. Researchers have found at
least one clear link between brain plasticity and healthy aging: That a rich, stimulating environment can enhance and maintain brain plasticity, even in
old age and with Alzheimer’s disease patients.
Neurogenesis
Studies show that regular social interaction, exercise, and a healthful diet — as well as
cardiovascular exercise — can increase neurogenesis, neuron communication and
hippocampus-related learning.
Exercise to enhance cognitive function
These healthful habits can even decrease levels of amyloid beta deposits which are associated with
Alzheimer’s disease. Research has now shown that exercise enhances cognitive function and protects
against dementia
Neural activity in response to the situation
Brain plasticity, also called neuroplasticity, allows the neurons in the brain to compensate for injury or degeneration and adjust neural activity in response to new situations or changes in the environment of
the brain
What does this mean for you and me?
Neuroplasticity means that with the right stimulation, your brain can form new neural
pathways, alter existing connections, and adapt to changing conditions and stimulus
The human brain has an incredible ability to reshape
itself
This ability is of the utmost importance to learning and memory. You can harness the natural power of
neuroplasticity to improve your memory and increase your cognitive abilities. Research suggests you may want to incorporate some of the following
strategies as well
Get closer
Healthy relationships may be the ultimate memory booster. In one recent study from the Harvard School of
Public Health, for example, researchers found that people with the most active social lives had the slowest
rate of memory decline. Relationships stimulate our brains and the best kind of brain exercise may be
interacting with others
Sleep on it
Research shows that sleep is necessary for memory consolidation, with key memory-enhancing activity
occurring during the deepest stages of sleep
Sleep becomes a problem?
Overcome the sleepy head syndrome while studying
- Maintain a comfortable yet alert posture-
- Ensure sufficient light
- Infuse fun learning with enough videos and animations into your reading time-
Use multi mode studying.. reading, writing, listening, drawing, conversing, practicing, thinking.......
-Assess the learning you achieveShare your experiences
Laugh out loud
Laughter is good for you and engages multiple regions across the whole
brain. As psychologist Daniel Goleman notes in his book Emotional
Intelligence, “laughter … seems to help people think more broadly and
associate more freely
Brain Building
Your brain needs a work out, too. The best brain exercising activities break your routine and
challenge you to use and develop new neuro pathways. The brain boosting activities you choose
should meet the following criteria:
It’s challenging
Anything that takes mental effort and expands your knowledge will work.
It’s new
If it’s something you’re already good at, it’s not a good brain
exercise. Try something that’s unfamiliar and out of
your comfort zone.
It’s fun
Physical and emotional enjoyment is important in the brain’s learning
process.
Besides, if it’s not fun you won’t keep doing it!
How about some brain games?
If 9 x 9 = 728 x 8 = 487 x 7 = 283 x 3 = ?
One More?
Suppose:
11 x 11 = 422 x 22 = 1633 x 33 = 3644 x 44 = ?
Please create a functional formula for this problem and give the answer
Another Arithmeditation tool
1 = 22 = 103 = 304 = 685 - ?
How much is:
2 = 33 = 84 = 155 = 246 = ?
Add the missing letter
? T T F FS S E N TE T T F FS S E N TTO TT TT TF TF
Are you a left hander?
If not write with your left handIf yes write with your right hand
Use your favourite “Manthra” for this• For counting the time you chant• From analogues external tools (coconut leaf belt)• Digital external tools• Bodily tools• Polished the bodily tools method• Internal or mental tools• Polished mental tools
Acronyms
• “HOMES” and the great 5 lakes of America• “TROASTRAMESOTHEX” and the five spheres of
atmosphere
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