MEMORY AND THINKING MODULE OVERVIEW

Session 1 – Introduction to Memory

·        Feel Like You've Lost Your Brain?

·        My Memory Is Not What It Used To Be

·        Memory and Aging Quiz

·        Why People Forget

·        Memory Basics: How We Process Information

·        Our Memory System

·        Memory and Aging: Fact Or Fiction

·        What Changes and What Doesn't, As We Age

Session 2 – Factors that Positively Affect Memory

·        Exercise and Memory

·        Life-Long Learning

·        It's All In The Attitude

·       The Food Memory Connection

Session 3 – Factors that Negatively Affect Memory

·        Dementia

·        The Health-Memory Connection

·        Hormones, Hot Flashes and Your Memory

·        Medication and Memory

·        Feeling Sleepy?

·        Depression and Memory

·        Stress and Memory

·       A Prescription For Relaxation

Session 4  –  The Basic Techniques

·        Memory Strategies

·        External Memory Tools

·        Internal Memory Tricks

• Rhyme Technique

• First-Letter Association Technique

• Chunking Technique

• Category Technique

• Move or Snapshot Technique

• Method of Loci

Session 5 – Practical Applications

·       Remembering Things You Have To Do

·       Learning New Names

·      Getting A Name When You Didn't

·       Learning New Numbers

·       Remembering Where You Put Things

·       Remembering Lists

·       Remembering What You Read

·       Remembering Past Events

·       Your New Motto