Memory soars
1. Spaced memory
In cognitive psychology, memory can be divided into three types: sensory memory, immediate memory, and long-term memory.
Memory is considered to be a process of encoding and processing information, and our usual memory is the way the brain converts immediate memory into long-term memory through encoding and processing. This requires a repetitive process. In other words, even if you spend three hours in a day memorizing a text, what you get in the end is just an instant memory that is quickly forgotten. But if you divide these three hours into one hour each in the morning, afternoon and evening to memorize, then the brain will have a coding process to convert immediate memory into long-term memory. In this way, the memory will be stronger and longer, and the same will happen. It takes three hours. If you do it once and do it three times, the effect is completely different. Therefore, spaced memory is a more efficient method than concentrated memory. In this way, you can make use of fragmented time without feeling the pain of memorizing, and you will still remember it firmly.
2. Aerobic exercise
Do you believe it? The aunts who dance in the square have better memories than you!
This is not a joke! These people who dance in the square often have a better memory than you! The reason why the aunts who dance and the uncles who do Tai Chi in the morning can still maintain such good memories even in their old age is because square dancing and Tai Chi are good aerobic exercises, and aerobic exercise can effectively promote brain health. Improve memory. In addition, swimming, cycling, skipping, dancing, aerobics, etc. are all good aerobic exercises.
3. Learn to be "lazy"
Do you often read a book but can't remember it at all?
I can only say, This is really normal! For the average human brain, the information density of a book is very huge. When we read, we are absorbing this huge information indiscriminately.
But the brain is not a computer and is not good at storing large amounts of information, so it feels like nothing has been remembered. However, the brain also has its own advantages - logic and association capabilities. We can take advantage of this advantage and use "key information" A "logical series" method to remember a large amount of content information.
How to do it specifically? We can use mind maps to remember. Mind mapping is a method of "key information logically connected", which is a typical "lazy" memory.