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Do you think you have a good memory?
By: Ayumi 8D
1. Imagine you're going to a supermarket and you're given a shopping list
2. Try to memorize as much as you can
3. You have 20 seconds!
4. Good luck! :)
My Shopping list
1. Milk
2. Chips
3. Cucumbers
4. Candy
5. Apple
6. Celery
7. Tomato
8. Chicken
9. Cake
10. Biscuit
11. Popsicle
12. Corn
~ Store memories
~ Control and function our entire body
Why do we always forget stuff?
Why do rare amount of people can remember things so quickly?
How does the brain store memories?
Are there anyways to memorize something easier?
Why Do We Forget Things?
3. Failure to Store
~ We won't pay attention to small details
~ We are not committed to memorize it
WHY
1. Retrieval Failure
~ The most common causes of forgetting
~ If the information it's not retrieved and rehearsed, it will fade easily
4. Motivated Forgetting
~ We might forget things in a painful experience
~ which is a conscious form of forgetting.
2. Interference
~ Memories can compete with each other!
~ If two or more pieces of information are somewhat similar, you may get confused
(Kendra)
~ Some scientists can't find a conclusion yet
~ Some scientists believe those with super memory have a different brain
(Rieland)
~ There's 4 stages of memory formation
HOW
2. Find a way to leverage your visual memory
~ Memorize something using your imagination
7. Get adequate sleep to consolidate and retain memories
~ You shouldn't stay up all night studying for an exam or a test, because you need a lot of energy for your brain to memorize things
3. Create a mental memory tree
~ If you’re trying to memorize a large number of facts
~ Try to use the memory tree, by linking them into a story
4. Associate what you're trying to learn with what you already know
~ Make a connection to the information that you already know
~ It will be easier to memorize
6. Do most of your studying in the afternoon
~ There’s a study saying that the best time to study every day in the afternoon
5. When reading for retention, summarize each paragraph in the margin
~ A way to memorize things is not to read it, summarize it and teach yourself again
1. Become interested in what you're learning
~ Make sure the information that you’re memorizing is what you like and interested in
(Lickerman)
what
Everyone has ability to memorize things exceptionally well.
~ We can show them that they are no different from those “rare” people who has super memory
~ It is a matter of training of brain and improve our memory ability.
~ Through the experiment, they will believe they can have a super memory as well.
~ Everyone will be interested to take this challenge regardless their age or their gender.
~ We all want to challenge ourselves if we can beat the game.
~ After playing the game, my audience will find out that they can have a way to memorize lots of things which they don’t think it is possible
~Also they will adapt to the new way of remember things and is really an achievement
1. I'll teach you how to use the MENTAL MEMORY TREE to memorize
2. Let's see if the results it's different!
Cherry, Kendra. “4 Reasons We Forget Things.” Very well Mind, Dot dash, www.verywellmind.com/explanations-for-forgetting-2795045
Rieland, Randy. “Rare People Who Remember Everything.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 4 Sept. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/rare-people-who-remember-everything-24631448/
Memory Recall/Retrieval - Memory Processes - The Human Memory, http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html
“Eight Ways to Remember Anything.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-in-world/200911/eight-ways-remember-anything