More than once happened to us we have the answer to something in the tip of the tongue, not say because at that moment he betrays the memory, even the case that more accurately remember an event from childhood to what we did yesterday, being more noticeable in older people why it happens and what can we do?
According to the late American scientist Carl Sagan, the average human brain contains something like 100 billion nerve cells, allowing us to store in mind the equivalent of 10 billion pages of encyclopedia.
Brain scholars estimate that only 1% retain information we receive daily, which translates and makes intelligent thought that organ, but say the same specialists, if retuviésemos all suffer from information overload paralyze us.
I do not remember
The modern theories for the treatment of psychological disorders, impaired memory and concentration work in a comprehensive manner various points, beginning with interesting definitions:
Memory. It is the ability to store information in the brain, so that it can be used at appropriate times. Is classified according to the points of focus or interest, may be immediate, recent and remote.
Disorders that may experience memory are due to psychological reasons (emotional impact, stress, depression and anxiety, mainly) or pathological (head injury, use of anesthetics and drugs for insomnia, certain circulatory disorders, alcoholism, smoking and Alzheimer).
Concentration. It is the memory capacity to focus on an area of interest, however, this concept is closely related to attention, that being selective allows the individual to focus on the topic of interest or their responsibilities without being dispersed with the large number events that may occur around them.
So, work to improve concentration is to perform exercises that send and receive attention to things that the person interested in the moment live. The following mental exercise helps to activate the memory, for example, the time to submit to a person:
- Identify the physical characteristics such as height, weight, facial features, hair color, and others.
- Try to remember someone else like it.
- Repeat the name of the person for at least three times.
- Think of a word that rhymes with the name.
- Repeat to yourself the name several times at intervals.
- Think of an image that the name you suggest and mentally put that figure in the face of the person.
- Enter the name and read it several times.
In particular, elderly people with a decline in their memory capacity now have an incentive, because recent studies have shown that activities that promote the development of new skills and knowledge learning novel reactivated memory. Geriatricians (physicians specializing in care for older people) recommended not to leave social gatherings and dip exercises ranging from simple practices such as reading, solving mental agility questionnaires or complete crossword puzzles, to more complex activities . The following tips are also helpful:
Challenge yourself every day to memorize a new phone number. No matter which is not often used, repeat again and again, the numbers associated with places or people they know.
Practice arithmetic operations: multiplication, addition, subtraction and division, avoided the use of the calculator.
To avoid forgetting to do something we should have a visual memory, for example, wearing the watch in his hand than the one we normally use.
credit to: Regina Reyna
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