Feel
Like You’ve Lost Your Brain?
· Can’t remember where you put your keys?
· Forgot about an
appointment?
· Can’t put a name to
that face?
· Keep forgetting to buy certain things at the grocery store?
· Can’t remember a new
phone number?
First, don’t be so hard on yourself. No one can remember everything all the time! Your ability to learn and remember things is affected by many internal and external factors. For example, your attitude, emotional state, physical health, conversational skills and use of external memory aids can all be factored into improving your memory performance.
Your “memory readiness”, or ability to perform a memory task, typically varies over the course of the day, or even the week, depending on how stressed out or tired you are. Research also shows that a person’s actual memory ability is usually better than they think it is. Many people underestimate their memory skills, and think that they forget almost everything!
Regardless of whether you are young or old, a genius or not, most
people can improve their memory – by learning what factors affect memory and by
practicing tricks and tips that make remembering easier.