Improving your memory

Question 1

memories

Answer 1

things we remember from the past.

I think you might find it quite useful! Storing information is an important function of our brains and scientists are always looking at ways to improve it but also to stop it deteriorating – or becoming worse.

we all know that memories are nice to have but also important for remembering who people are, where things are kept and how things look.

Question 2

kinaesthetic

Answer 2

learning by ‘doing’ and practicing something over and over again.

there are three different styles - visual, auditory and kinaesthetic, that’s learning by ‘doing’ and practicing something over and over again. That sounds like me.

Question 3

contextual

Answer 3

seeing something in the situation where it usually exists.
When something is contextual, it is in the situation where it usually exists.

The authors certainly argue that one of the things that happens by drawing these particular objects, that it leads to this increased contextual representation of the object in one’s mind… It makes a lot of intuitive sense – the idea that if you have encoded something in a greater level of detail, you’re more likely to remember it… It’s much stronger than just remembering writing down the words.

Question 4

intuitive sense

Answer 4

doing something based on feelings rather than facts or proof.

The authors certainly argue that one of the things that happens by drawing these particular objects, that it leads to this increased contextual representation of the object in one’s mind… It makes a lot of intuitive sense – the idea that if you have encoded something in a greater level of detail, you’re more likely to remember it… It’s much stronger than just remembering writing down the words.

Question 5

Alzheimer’s (disease)
Absent minded

Answer 5

a disease affecting your brain that makes it difficult to remember things and gets worse as you get older.

as we get older we can often have more difficulty retrieving information from our memory - and people with Alzheimer’s find it very difficult to encode information – so any way to keep our memory working is a good thing. Basically we need brain training!

Question 6

encoded

Answer 6

Encoding is changing information into a form that can be stored and later recalled.

he authors certainly argue that one of the things that happens by drawing these particular objects, that it leads to this increased contextual representation of the object in one’s mind… It makes a lot of intuitive sense – the idea that if you have encoded something in a greater level of detail, you’re more likely to remember it… It’s much stronger than just remembering writing down the words.

as we get older we can often have more difficulty retrieving information from our memory - and people with Alzheimer’s find it very difficult to encode information – so any way to keep our memory working is a good thing. Basically we need brain training!