| Have you ever thought of how you're able to | | | | then blame our memory for failing us. The answer to |
| remember names, things and faces? How about | | | | this is to give our full attention to every little detail that |
| thinking about the way your memory works? Maybe | | | | comes our way or make that every bit of sight, sound, |
| you have but some of you have not thought about it | | | | smell, texture and taste that we encounter. It works |
| all. How about this, picture how you're able to | | | | perfect since when we absorb the thought to our |
| recognize some information easily while the rest just | | | | memory, we have all the details we need and in turn, |
| wont sink in at all. | | | | when we retrieve the same information, we have the |
| There are times when our memory won't work on the | | | | complete details. Problem solved? Almost. |
| right places when we need them to work. It is just | | | | In memorization, there are techniques which we can |
| downright frustrating. And yes, our memory lets us | | | | use to help us enhance our thinking skills. It's also the |
| down for many instances in a year and we don't even | | | | ideal way how to exercise our minds in absorbing and |
| know why it happens. The truth is, our brain doesn't | | | | memorizing information. |
| have any problem in picking up and storing as many | | | | If you need to memorize numbers for example, try |
| information as it can along the way. The problem | | | | grouping them together to numbers you're familiar with. |
| comes in the retrieving part - when we need to take a | | | | Let's say the numbers 7 1 0 3 8 4 5 6 2 4 need your |
| thought from our mind and say it out loud or write it | | | | immediate memorization. Group them together like this: |
| down for some purpose. | | | | 78014 365 24 where 78014 is a zip code in TX, 365 is |
| What we fail to do however, is to realize that for each | | | | the number of days in a year and 24 the number of |
| memory we create, at the very moment our mind | | | | hours in a day. Try a different sequence of numbers |
| sinks the information in, we do not take the time to | | | | and clump them together. You'll see how easy this |
| study what it is, or to observe its characteristics. We | | | | works for you, and for everybody else. |