- · The best way to ‘consolidate a memory’ is to go through the information just before going to sleep.
- · Balling up your right hand and squeezing it tightly makes it easier to memorize things. When you want to retrieve the information, clench the left fist. These movements activate brain regions key to the storing and recall of memories.
- · Aerobic exercise improves cognitive function and memory. It also encourages the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus – an area of the brain important in memory and learning
- · Music with strong rhythms and patterns, like reggae and salsa, are best for memory and problem-solving.
- · Studies found saying what you want to remember out loud to yourself– or even mouthing it helps with recall.
- · Break numbers into chunk of 3 or 4 numbers. Chunking numbers according to something you find meaningful, like the age of someone you know, an address or a date to help you remember.
- · A diet low in red meat and dairy and high in omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish and nuts can help preserve memory and reduce dementia risk.
- · Doodling helps – doodlers performed 29% better than non-doodlers when asked to recall names and places.
- · People who walked around a garden did 20% better on a memory test than those who walked around streets.
- · Practice meditation.
- · Eat a good breakfast.
- · Break your routines
- · Stop watching so much television
- · Stop relying on your GPS to tell you where to go.
- · Speak a new tongue
- · Walk around the house blindfolded.
- · Expand your vocabulary.
- · Lack of sleep boosts the formation of beta amyloid, the toxic protein that clogs up the brain according to a study
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