Brain Experts’ 6 Best Memory Tricks
posted by Lara, selected from Caring.com Nov 27, 2010 4:01 pmfiled under: Alternative Therapies, Elder Care, Family Life, General Health, Health & Wellness, Healthy Mind, Women's Health
By Paula Spencer, Caring.com senior editor
Wish your memory were a little sharper? Want to remember names and numbers as well as you could a few years back? Brain experts swear by the following six simple techniques.
1. Never forget a name: Look, snap, connect.
There are three steps to psychiatrist Gary Small’s favorite tactic, which he calls “Look, Snap, Connect.” The first is to tell yourself that remembering a particular name is a priority, says Small, who’s also the director of the UCLA Center on Aging and author of several books about memory and cognition, including The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head.
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Step 1: Really focus (LOOK) on a name and face you want to remember.
Step 2: Create a visual snapshot (SNAP) of the name and face. Note a key visual characteristic: Big ears? Silver hair? Blue eyes? Dimples? Also create an image about the name: A cat stands for Mrs. Katz, a dollar bill for someone named Bill. “I sometimes see a famous person with a similar name,” Small says. “So Angela Shirnberger becomes Angelina Jolie wearing shined shoes and eating a burger.”
Step 3: Join the two images (CONNECT): Maybe blue-eyed Bill is a blue dollar bill, or Angela Shirnberger is a silver-haired Angelina Jolie with shiny shoes eating a hamburger. The simple act of thinking up these images helps cement them in your memory — and ups the odds that the new name will materialize for you the next time you encounter the person.
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These tricks are really useful for anyone who is a bit 'distracted,' but I think that people would have to be very much in the first stages of Alzheimer's to be able to remember most of them! I found that when I have been working with elderly people and they are starting to get Alzheimers, you must be very careful not to make them stressed when they are trying to remember something. They say that it is like going in to a room and not having a clue why you are there.. you have to start going OUT oft the room and then, you may suddenly remember. It is the same with a name or a thought, if you tell the person not to worry about it now , you may find that when they relax and stop thinking about it, the thing they are trying to remember will suddenly pop back into their minds. I only say this, as I know that some of you will have elderly mums or dads and you may find it hard to watch them struggling to remember something. Some of them get so upset, especially if they were very intellectual and intelligent people when they were younger. Thanks for this post Lara. It is full of really good advise!
Great tips in this article! I will try some of them out. One of my problems, is that I forget to listen properly, and I only get half the info, so then have to ask others if they recall the rest of the info. I need to sharpen my focus when listening.
This is not really a memory trick but if you happen to be forgetful you will find this useful: set the alarm in your cellphone to remind you of important events or things you need to get done at a specific date. We usually carry our cellphones everywhere so you will sure get the reminder on time. Just for things you really don't want to forget, and for the rest...put that memory to work :)
Thanks, I plan to pass these on to my Mom, who is having memory difficulties.!
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