1. Focus.
It sounds obvious, but it is important to tell yourself to concentrate and start reciting, which will be of great help to you.
Try to focus on what you want to remember. The more often you practice controlling your attention, the better you will do. Concentration helps to improve memory.
Humans have two kinds of attention:
(1) selective attention. Focus only on relevant stimuli and ignore irrelevant stimuli.
(2) continuous attention. Also known as attention span and concentration, it refers to the attention duration under the behavior of independent choice.
Continuous attention can produce productivity, resist long-term temptation, overcome obstacles and overcome adversity, so as to master a skill skillfully.
2. Use your imagination to connect.
Many people think that memory is only for understanding and storing new information. In fact, the key to memory is to associate new information with old information.
For example, our research on the concept of hometown actually covers all the relevant information about hometown, including our childhood experiences in local schools, the old house we lived in, the time we spent with our parents, the meals cooked by our mother, and the dialects of hometown people, all of which are related to the concept of hometown.
When we hear someone mention our hometown, we will make a low hum. In fact, at this time, what is activated in our brain is the memory of our hometown, which may be all relevant information.
Therefore, if you want to remember better, you might as well connect the content of your memory with other things in various ways.
This connection is sometimes related to past knowledge and experience. Sometimes it's the connection between words and images. If you add action to the picture, it will make the picture easier to remember. Gorillas are one thing, tango gorillas are another. Sometimes it is the link between scattered information and vivid and absurd stories. People always prefer stories. You can make up your stories at will.
Practice makes perfect.
Nelson, a master of memory, said, "If you want to be good at something, you must keep practicing. This applies to everything in the world. " So, practice remembering something, whether it's the facts in biology class, the to-do list or your friend's phone number (you can surprise them because few people do it anymore).
In explicit memory, memories containing factual information, such as memorizing some questions with fixed answers or reciting multiplication formulas, are the most difficult to extract, because these information are often isolated and have no connection with our lives and no rules to follow. At this time, the memory methods available to us are relatively simple and rude, and proper repetition is enough.
Find a way to relate information to what you already know. Find an anchor point so that you can put the picture where it is easy to find in your brain. For example, it is also a good anchoring strategy to associate the names and faces of people you just met with people you already know. For example, this person looks like your friend Xiaohua, but she has bangs. You can remember that she is a little flower with bangs.
If you forget what the boss told you, it will be very troublesome. So on the one hand, it can improve your memory, on the other hand, with the help of the external brain, it can help you remember through the timetable. I hope it helps you.