How to Boost Your Memory

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  Java323208/09/07 Report as spam
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  good info

  This is some good information. Part of my problem with memory is my lack of concentration and focus when I am dealing with several issues or things that I want to accomplish. Does anyone have any advice on how to concentrate more when you have a lot of things going on?
  
  thanks!

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  rdyoeck@...08/09/07 Report as spam
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  Look to the next step

  When I have, say, 3 or 4 things that need attention today I ask myself: "What is the next step?" I think it's human nature to try to dwell on things, to tweak plans, to reconsider what to do first, and to spend too much time on one thing.
  
  By asking myself about the next step I focus on what I can do right now, and I can tell the other part of myself to "be quiet" so I can focus on what I feel convicted needs to be done first.
  
  It's still stressful, but at the end of the day I can see that I'm further ahead than if I tried to do many things at once or if I tried to spend part of the day tweaking my plans. That positive reinforcement, that feeling that I did make progress today let's me know if I made the right decisions or if I need to do some reflecting before I go to bed and prepare for tomorrow.
  
  Hope this helps.

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  marybaum@...08/09/07 Report as spam
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  The best of both worlds?

  The big draw of tennis for me has always been the strategic puzzle that is doubles. There's always something new to learn, a new situation to get beyond -- and the better we all get, the more aerobic it gets, to the point that four women are flat-out running for most of 90 minutes on the court.
  
  With this news about memory improvement, I'm deciding right now that it contributes to the workday instead of taking time away!

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  AlvaroFer08/11/07 Report as spam
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  More on Good Brain Exercise

  Good article, and comments.
  
  1) "how to concentrate more when you have a lot of things going on?": the key bottleneck for most of us is stress. Excessive stress reduces our ability to focus and can specifically damage cells in the hippocampus, a brain structure critical to encoding short term memory. So, managing stress well through breathing, visualizations, biofeedback, or simply writing a good plan that prioritizes and sequences the right things, will help us avoid mental distractions and worries and focus on what matters most.
  
  2) In terms of what is good brain exercise: Dr. Stern's research is complementary to other more recent more in-depth neuroimaging-based research on the effect of mental stimulation. In these, we find that good brain exercise involves novelty, variety and increasing level of challenge. So, all the comments on this thread are right no mark!

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  mikeoo08/22/07 Report as spam
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  MEMORY BOOSTER

  The best way to boost your memory is through reading.A memory expert once said that " Immediately a man sees a tree, he will remember all he read about trees"
  
  Akinyemi Michael
  Nigeria
  mikedshocker@yahoo.com