Memory strengthening exercises

Memory strengthening exercises

The human mind

Science looks at the human mind that it is like the computer in the process of receiving information, and in the processes it performs on this information from modification in form, content, storage and retrieval when needed, and given the importance of these processes and their impact on human life and success; Of exercises and methods that help to strengthen memory in humans.

Memory strengthening exercises

There are some aids or actions that improve and strengthen memory in humans, which aims to improve the human ability to remember and retrieve information when needed, and these exercises include: [1]

• Try to retrieve something from the past, or a period passed by the person at a certain stage of his life, and try to remember what in this period of elements.

• Developing any activity or behavior in the person helps him to remember.

• Develop a program that helps people learn new topics, concepts and terminology to increase the human memory stock.

• Keep an idea that contains many semantic words such as colors, mental maps, etc.

• Try to see and discover things and things in all its aspects and details as much as possible, the more details kept by the human mind, the greater the ability to remember and retrieve.

Osama Al - Hitimi Exercises Group

Osama Al-Hitimi adds a series of exercises that strengthen memory such as: [2]

• Note program: The reminder program notes that the person will write a list of twelve different words, then look at this list for only two minutes, then close the paper, and try to remember the words in the list, after several attempts will remember the words in the list Arranged, and time after time will reach a stage that remembers all or most of the words in order.

• Repetition program: The repetition program depends on the repetition of words or terms for many times, so it helps to remember it, and this is what happens in commercials; advertising of goods is repeated in television or daily newspapers.

• Writing and blogging: the use of writing and blogging for information that man remember trying; where he is told that Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - may Allah be pleased with him , he said: (Tell people about save them, and some of their books, was who told us of their books mastered), and this statement shows the importance of writing.
  

• Proper nutrition: attention to the quality of food consumed by humans, food has a key role and important in the nutrition of the human brain , for example the lack of omega-3 acids weaken the brain nutrition and therefore affect the weakness of memory in general, and these acids can be found in vegetables and fruits fresh, eggs and walnuts .

• Rest needed: Take adequate rest and sleep ; people need 8 hours of sleep a day, in addition to exercising, such as swimming, walking and running.
  

Memory boosters

There are many factors that work to strengthen memory in humans, including: [3]

Attention In his daily life, man receives an unlimited number of visual, auditory and tactile stimuli; however, only a few of them excite the person, which enters his consciousness. The other stimuli are neglected and have no effect on human memory. Attention , as it works to direct the human feeling towards a certain behavioral position, and therefore on the human if he wants to remember something to be highly ordered, and attention needs to conduct certain behaviors such as behavior, attention, observation, listening.

perception

Perception is the individual's sense of what is going on around him, the reception of the effects, and then the understanding, and analysis in certain ways. In other words, the process of cognition in man means how he understands the information he received through his many senses. And senses, such as hearing, sight , taste, touch sensation, and smell, and the more sensory organs of a person are intact, the greater the individual's perception of the world around him.

the focus

Concentration refers to the maximum and highest levels of attention in the human being. It means thinking about one thing only, and not being preoccupied with anything else. The focus requires a range of factors that increase it, such as lack of speed in completing the work, not moving from feeling to feeling, ; Dispersion, confusion and so on.

Repetition

It is the process of continuous insistence by the human being and practiced in memory; by repeating the information or event, and this method followed by some media in its repeated propaganda campaigns, and intensive daily announcements, which aims to buy scenes for this product being displayed.

taking notes

The note-taking method has many positive points. A person who writes notes while reading from others, or when reading them from a particular book, makes it easier for him to absorb the information that he has, and to keep it longer. The person takes information about him as being of interest and is a source of confidence in the person. In addition, taking notes helps the person to listen to the dialogue carefully, and to increase the focus and attention on the subject.

Memory types

Human memory consists of three types, which are arranged in the process of receiving information: [4]

• Sensory memory: Sensory memory receives information from sensory organs such as the nose, ear , eye, etc. This memory retains the information you received for a few seconds at a maximum of five seconds. Short-term memory :

• Short-term memory is the memory that holds a certain number of information for a few seconds, and this information is either forgotten or sent to long-term memory.

• Long-term memory : Long-term memory is the memory that is used to strengthen it, unlike short-term memory; it can store a number of unlimited information, and for long periods of time.

References

1- ↑ Khalid Abdo Al-Sultan (2015), Memory and Conservation Arts (First Edition), Al-Oulqa Library, pp. 46-47, Part 1. Behaving.
2- ↑ Osama Al-Hitimi (10-12-2012), "How to strengthen your memory , " Alouka , see it on 7 - 8 - 2017 AD. Acting.
3- ↑ Medhat Mohamed Abu El-Nasr (2009), The Power of Concentration and Memory Improvement (First Edition), Cairo, Egypt: Arab Group for Training and Publishing, pp. 69-73, Part 1.
4- ↑ Madeline-Allen, Memory Activation Skills (First Edition), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dar Al-Ma'arefah for Human Education, pp. 23-24, Part 1.

By: Tasnim Hasan