For many of the older groups, including the middle-aged groups, one of the most grandiose excuses is that we are too old to memorize. Can this be an excuse?
When I was studying in high school, I read a sentence in Lüshi Chunqiu (吕氏春秋-尽数): "Flowing water does not rot, and the door pivot does not become worm-eaten," meaning that the water that flows often does not stink, and the door pivot that is often turned does not suffer from worm-eatenness. This phrase was later used as a metaphor for frequent movement, so that the vitality can last and be vigorous.
When it comes to the body, those of us who are a bit older immediately think of the organs, joints and muscles, blood pressure and heartbeat, and then immediately think of exercise, walking, yoga, square dancing. Of course, we also take our heads into consideration. However, when it comes to the head, we also think more about taking medication through massage to avoid stroke, brain obstruction and so on, and seldom think about the need to exercise the head for memory. Generally speaking, our memory of the elderly, in the understanding of two fallacies, one, the elderly can eat and sleep is fortunate, and now we have to let go of those miscellaneous, brain injury. Previously said that young people mixing is "full of food, no use", and now "less brain and more legs" is the realm of the elderly to practice; Second, the decline of the elderly function is the general trend, the past is vivid in the past, just happened is to forget, this is the natural law. This is the law of nature, unstoppable. I want to reverse, is a mantis to block the car.
Just when I was ready to accept the reality of memory loss in old age without any resistance, I saw a TV variety show, "The Strongest Brain".
The contestant was a 73-year-old Mr. Wu Guangren, who had suffered a cerebral infarction not long ago. Mr. Wu after the brain attack, the signs of dementia are becoming more and more obvious. In sobriety, he was worried about dragging his children down, but also lamented the sharp decline in the quality of life in front of him, so he resolved to start a person against their own war, commonly known as the "challenge of self". He started by memorizing Tang poems and gradually switched to memorizing pi. Starting with 3.14159, he can now memorize 5,000 decimal places of pi, and he can randomly pull out any one of them and continue to memorize.
This is not simply a miracle that happened to an old man - especially an old man with a brain attack - but to an ordinary young man, who will also win a round of applause.
Many of the audience paid tribute to the old man and were moved: "Thank you, Mr. Wu, you will not only be a role model for the elderly at home, but also proved once again that with perseverance and hard work, ordinary individuals can also create their own miracle!" Host guest Meng Fei to pay tribute to the old man: "He defended the dignity of the light of his life, come to this stage may be able to illuminate the lives of others."
This is the thickest memory I have ever seen, carrying the life of an old man. He was afraid of forgetting the world, so he melted bits of the world into numbers, and recalled them over and over again. Back to look at the "flowing water does not rot, the door is not worm-eaten, also move", Mr. Wu is the head of the old "movement", the head of the exercise.
While watching the program, I also checked my memory. When I was young, I used to be regarded as having a good memory. And I was rightfully so. Gradually, I found that memory has become difficult, before the "forgettable", now many times over and over again may not be able to remember. I've come to rely 100% on my cell phone to store the same combinations of numbers as my friend's cell phone number. Fortunately, the four parts of the choral score can be barely remembered, and sometimes remember to rely on ten songs at once, otherwise, I and cerebral infarction of the old Mr. Wu in fact not far away.
The memory is going downhill. The first time I saw this, it was a very good thing that I was able to get it to work. Mr. Wu is starting to "move", what about us?
Against Mr. Wu Guangren, reflecting on it, I think that people of our age, when complaining about poor memory, more or take the initiative to give up the posture. The role of functional deterioration is over-exaggerated and emphasized, and it is nothing more than a way to peace of mind to hide one's inertia in preparation for a mish-mash of death.
In fact, a good memory in youth is not something that happens overnight, but it is also a "movement" that is reinforced over and over again.
That year I was still only nineteen years old, in the Yuhang County insertion and settlement. A teacher at the commune high school brought a so-called "world problem" to the three "intellectuals" in the same room with us. He said it would take three days to solve it, even if it was a smart person. The problem was this: there were twelve balls of the same size and shape, one of which had an abnormal weight, and it was not clear whether it was heavy or light. Weigh it three times on a scale without weights, find the ball, and say whether it is heavy or light.
In less than a day, we tried all the weighing methods, eliminated the most error-prone paths, found the right way, and went to the teacher to show off. However, when we got there, we forgot the original solution and couldn't get it back, so we had to stop, study again, solve the problem again, and then with the help of a pen and paper, we spent our energy to memorize each step over and over again. This was repeated several times. Because we memorized the steps over and over again, when we got to the teacher, we were able to explain each step with ease and clarity. Until now, we can still remember the steps of the solution effortlessly.
We have all experienced youth. We are qualified to say this: not how dominant memory when young, but young we always heart not to lose. In order to their own high-minded, willing to repeatedly spend energy for a thing. This unyielding energy of the youth is called "vigor". If you look at us nowadays, those who still have vigor tend to have a good memory. The people who are always complaining about their memory is not good, or the old man, or before the old man, they only have the "twilight" on the body.
Once a person has a twilight, it can not be blamed on the age. It's just an old man who can put the blame on his age and put on a straight face. To the bottom, in fact, a person lost vigor, is to the reality of the defeat, and then can only let themselves as soon as possible to get used to this twilight days. When habits become natural, become the norm, become inviolable "Lai poured sitting", labeled their bad memory as young people labeled their good memory, so natural, so smug.
Wretched!
We are scolding others for not using their brains, and as a result, we ourselves are not using our brains," he said.
Not long ago, there was a magic poker game on WeChat: first of all, there are nine playing cards, arranged in 3×3. Let you do not point with your hand, randomly choose one, as long as you remember in your mind. Next, pull down the screen, there will be a "Phoenix" with a white slanted eyes beautiful photo, let you look at five seconds. Then continue to scroll down, a miracle. Poker cards left eight, missing exactly the one you remember in your heart. Some people are very curious, try several times, and the card that you remember in your heart also changed different suits and points, the result is still the same. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on a new product, and then you'll be able to get it.
Many people - ninety percent old and ten percent young - gasped. Because these old and young have a **** same thing, all do not use their brains, so they will only be shocked and will not understand the mystery.
It seems to us that it's a joke that's not hard to crack: when you can pick a card at random, it also means that all nine cards seen for the first time have possibilities. The only way to completely eliminate that possibility is to replace all nine cards seen for the first time. To paralyze everyone, the second deck uses a blindfold, replacing clubs with spades and diamonds with hearts without changing the number of points or colors.
Not using one's brain is not the preserve of the elderly, just as using one's brain is not the preserve of the young.
The brain has a principle - neural plasticity.
The human body does have an aging process, but we can slow it down with memory training, which is a perfect demonstration of neuroplasticity. My parents in their 90s, can still clearly tell you, just watched the TV on the actor's name; once in the other what TV played what role; now up the role called what; continuous drama of each episode of the basic plot is how ...... Gaijin daily read newspapers and books, conversation and calculation, and occasional solitaire 24 o'clock. I'm happy to do it.
Relative to memorizing five thousand digits of pi, Mr. Wu old, memorize the score, memorize the lyrics is just a piece of cake. The elderly do not need to be discouraged, do not passively wait for aging. We can develop our own strongest brains through our own efforts!
It all starts with memorizing music and lyrics.