Strategies to Strengthen Memory:

Some people have stronger memories than others. To help make sure information goes from short-term memory to long-term memory, you can use memory-enhancing strategies. Below are some strategies that can aid memory:

-Rehearsal:

It is the conscious repetition of information to be remembered This strategy is linked to studying material frequently for shorter periods of time. You may not remember when or how you learnt skills like riding a bike. Mastery came with practice, and at some point the skills became second nature.

 

-Incorporate visuals:

Visual aids like note cards, concept maps, and highlighted text are ways of making information stand out. Because they are shorter and more concise, they have the advantage of making the information to be memorized seem more manageable . Some students write key terms on note cards and hang them around their desk or mirror so that they routinely see them and study them without even trying.

 

-Chunking:

Another strategy is chunking, where you organize information into manageable bits or chunks. Chunking is useful when trying to remember information like dates and phone numbers. Instead of trying to remember 5205550467, you remember the number as 520-555-0467.

 

-Connect new information to old information :

Take stock of what you already know—information that is s already stored in long-term memory—and use it as a foundation for learning newer information. It is easier to remember new information if you can connect it to old information or to a familiar frame of reference.

 

Important: Memory also relies on effective studying behaviors, like choosing where you study, how you study, and with whom you study.

 

Some principles and techniques that have been used to assist in memorization include:

 Rote learning, a learning technique which focuses not on understanding but on memorization by means of repetition.

 Spaced repetition a principle of committing information into long-term memory by means of increasing time intervals between subsequent reviews of the previously learned material.

 Active recall, a learning method that exploits the testing effect − the fact that memorization is more efficient when some time is devoted to actively retrieving the to-be-learned information through testing with proper feedback. 

Mnemonics is a type of memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something, particularly lists, but they may be visual, kinesthetic or auditory.

The Major system, a mnemonic technique used to aid in memorizing numbers which is also called the phonetic number system or phonetic mnemonic system. It works by converting numbers first into consonant sounds, then into words by adding vowels. The words can then be remembered more easily than the numbers, especially when using other mnemonic rules which call for the words to be visual and emotive.

 

Causes of Memory Loss and Forgetfulness:

       Normal aging can cause some forgetfulness. It is normal to have some trouble learning new material or needing more time to remember it. But normal aging does not lead to dramatic memory loss. Such memory loss is due to other diseases.

       Memory loss can be caused by many things. To determine a cause, your health care provider will ask if the problem came on suddenly or slowly. Many areas of the brain help you create and retrieve memories. A problem in any of these areas can lead to memory loss.

Memory loss may result from a new injury to the brain, which is caused by or is present after:

Conclusion:

      The human memory resembles to a CD. If that CD is scratched, it cannot be read and opened to know what is stored in. Similarly, the human memory though the brain is covered with a bony shell, it is not safe from being damaged partly or completely. This damage effectively threatens the memory causing considerable diseases as Dementia, Forgetfulness, epilepsy and amnesia.

 

Modifié le: lundi 12 mai 2025, 19:32