Can you improve your memory or can you not remember what I just said?

We all cannot have photographic memory, but it is true that everyone can take steps to increase their ability of memory, and with practice, most people will gain the skills to memorize what others would believe to be the possible. Memory can be long-term or short-term. Long-term memory is the information you try and retain. Short term memory is the information we store for a few seconds, such as a telephone number. When improving your memory, you will make mistakes along the way, but with commitment and motivation, seemingly impossible amounts of information can be achieved.

Perhaps the most important thing to consider is that there are steps to the process as with any new task. It is important to realize the potential of your memory and own that concept. Erase all negative thoughts about past failure of you memory. Open your mind to have room for it to grow. Memory is much like exercising, the more you do over a period of time, builds a pattern that your body will repeat when called upon. The benefits of improved memory should motivate the cycle and improve you ability to succeed.

Some of the method to improve memory is just practical tips that will benefit your thought process and can even increase creativity. Learning complex new skills, like a new language, can stimulate your brain to spur the development of nerve connections that can improve memory.

Aerobic exercise increases blood flow and performance of the all cells of the body, including the brain. The loss of memory common with age can be reversed or reduced by regular exercise. Regular exercise also clears the mind and helps the ability of the mind to focus. Here is a list of some practical tips to improve your memory:

1. Be motivated and keep a positive mind. Don’t think negatively. Think positive thoughts.
2. Find out what is your learning style. Some learn visually and others learn from hearing information.
3. Involve as many senses as possible. The physical act of writing things you want to remember down and reading them aloud.
4. For more complex information, be able to verbally explain the information to someone else.
5. Relate new information to things you already are familiar with and picture them mentally.
6. Find a way to organize the information you want to remember. Use both words and pictures.
7. Use acronyms to associate strings of information.
8. Associate a visual image with the word or name. (Example: mouse to remember Melissa, tank to remember Tom).
9. Use humor to jog your memory. We remember funny things easily.
10. In learning a long speech, associate it in segments. Think of a route from one location to a destination and then pace the material with the route.

Memory and health are related. Anything you do to improve your mental and physical health will improve your ability to remember. Nutrition, managing stress, good sleep habits, avoiding smoking, are all steps to master your memory.

你能增強(qiáng)你的記憶還是你會(huì)忘記你剛剛說過話？

我們不能擁有如攝影般清晰準(zhǔn)確的記憶，但是我們可以采取一些措施來增肌我們的記憶力；并且通過練習(xí)，使大部分的人都可以掌握讓人可以信服的記憶技巧成為可能。記憶分為長(zhǎng)期記憶和短期記憶。長(zhǎng)期記憶涉及你嘗試長(zhǎng)期留存的信息；短期則是關(guān)乎我們只需儲(chǔ)存幾秒鐘的信息，例如電話號(hào)碼。在你增強(qiáng)記憶力的征途中，你將會(huì)犯一些錯(cuò)誤。但是因?yàn)槌兄Z和刺激，將會(huì)產(chǎn)生大量看似不可能的信息。

在這一過程中，應(yīng)該考慮的最大的苦難或許應(yīng)該是遇到任何新的挑戰(zhàn)時(shí)所要采取的措施。意識(shí)到并承認(rèn)你擁有增強(qiáng)記憶的潛力。抹掉所有關(guān)于你過去記憶失敗的消極意識(shí)。解放你的思想讓它有空間成長(zhǎng)。記憶很像鍛煉，在一段時(shí)間你重復(fù)得越多，那么當(dāng)你召喚它時(shí)，你身體所簡(jiǎn)歷的模式就越深刻。增強(qiáng)記憶的好處就是可以刺激進(jìn)入良性循環(huán)，并最終成功的提高你的能力。

一些增強(qiáng)記憶的方法只是些實(shí)用的小點(diǎn)子，它們可以是我們思想系統(tǒng)收益匪淺，同時(shí)可以增加我們的創(chuàng)造力。學(xué)習(xí)一些復(fù)雜的新技巧，如學(xué)習(xí)一門新的語言，可以刺激你的大腦增強(qiáng)神經(jīng)之間的連接以幫助你提高記憶。

因年齡而引起的以及衰退，通過有規(guī)律的鍛煉，可以得到扭轉(zhuǎn)或減輕。有規(guī)律的聯(lián)系同樣可以清楚一些以及垃圾，幫助我們提高集中記憶的能力。下面列舉了一些實(shí)用的可以提高記憶力的小竅門。

1.           目的明確，保持積極地心態(tài)。保持積極的思想，克服消極的意識(shí)。

2.           找出你學(xué)習(xí)的風(fēng)格特點(diǎn)。一些人主要通過看學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)，而另一些人主要是通過聽獲取信息。

3.           盡可能多的調(diào)動(dòng)你的感覺。當(dāng)你想記住一些東西時(shí)可以邊寫邊讀。

4.           對(duì)于一些更加復(fù)雜的信息來說，你可以向其他人口頭解釋這些信息。

5.           可以將新的信息與你熟識(shí)的食物相聯(lián)系，并在心中描繪他們。

6.           找到一種方法來組織你要記憶的信息。可以同時(shí)用文字和圖片。

7.           用首字母縮寫詞來聯(lián)想要記憶的信息。

8.           可以用一個(gè)可以看得見的形象聯(lián)想一個(gè)單詞或名字。（如：用“Melissa”來記住“mouse”，用“Tom”來記住“tank”）。

9.           用幽默的方式來增強(qiáng)記憶。我們通常能比較輕易的記住好玩的事情。

10.       在記憶一篇長(zhǎng)篇的演講時(shí)，可以分成小的相互聯(lián)系的片段。想象著這是一條從一個(gè)地點(diǎn)到目的地的線路，然后沿著這條線路來記住這些材料。

記憶和健康是相互聯(lián)系的。任何可以提高你的心理和生理健康的事情都將會(huì)有助于增強(qiáng)你的記憶力。合理的營(yíng)養(yǎng)，適當(dāng)?shù)募偨鈮毫�，良好的睡眠�?xí)慣以及避免吸煙等，這些都是掌控你記憶的必要措施。