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    Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement
    Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement
    Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement
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    Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement

    By Ivan Harmon

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    Do you struggle with forgetfulness?

    Do you ever feel as if you could perform better in school, at work, or in your personal life if only you weren't held back by your tendency to forget?

    Have you tried numerous different memory aids without any noticeable improvement in your ability to remember?

    If you answered yes then you're not alone. Today's fast-paced world is filled with a constant stream of information to absorb. When you study for a test, you need to retain hundreds of pages of material. When you go to work, there are deadlines to remember and new connections to network with. Even at home, there's that unrelenting "to-do" list that seems to only get longer.

    Without a good memory, you are left with only frustration at being forgetful. In fact, a bad memory prevents you from performing to your fullest potential. You may have found various gadgets to remind you of your upcoming tasks and responsibilities, and you may be utterly and completely dependent on those gadgets to remember simple bits of information like your grocery list or your loved one's birthday.

    Does it feel like you have too much to remember? Perhaps.

    Is it impossible for you to remember all of it? No.

    Improving your memory is a lot like learning anything new - one must start from the beginning. In Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement, author Ivan Harmon does just that. Harmon uses neuroscience in this crisp, concise book to help you understand the mechanics of the brain, while illustrating fun, practical ways to make your brain more receptive.

    Understand what your memory is, how it works, and how you can retain more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIvan Harmon
    Release dateJul 28, 2018
    ISBN9781386103387
    Memory Exercises: Create a Habit for Memory Enhancement

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      Memory Exercises - Ivan Harmon

      Introduction

      Learn how to use your brain

      We know the fact, from many centuries, that the basic learning object in our body is the brain. But it has only been one decade since the emergence of neuroscience which has amazed the world. The new neuroscience researchers are now able to have insight into our brain and can easily observe our level of learning at a molecular stage.

      Recent advancements in technology such as diffusion imaging have actually opened up new ways of finding out the inner workings of the brain and this has allowed scientists to discover what is happening in the brain when the people are involved in the process of learning.

      Many new experiments have been conducted with laboratory animals in order to have a better understanding. In order to find out the process of learning used by our brain, it is important to know the physiology of the brain.

      Our brain is actually a very dense fiber pathways network and these fiber networks consist of nearly 100 billion neurons. Our brain consists of three different but principle parts that are cerebrum, cerebellum and stem.

      The most important part that is involved within the process of learning is the cerebrum which is the part responsible for the occurrence of reasoning and memory, which are higher ordered functions. Every area present within the cerebrum has been specialized to one function, that is, language or the reasoning abilities, long term memory, short term memory, touch, speech, hearing and sight which is one of the highly important parts for the learning.

      So, what is the process of learning?

      With the help of the neurons network, the sensory information is transmitted with the help of synapses throughout the neural path and it is then temporarily stored within short term memory, which is actually the volatile region of our brain and it actually acts like the receiving center for the sensory information flood that we feel each day.

      Once it has been processed within the short term memory, the brain neural pathways equally carry such memories towards the structural core where such memories are compared with previous memories and then are stored within long term memory. This might look like a very lengthy process but it actually occurs within seconds as it is very instant and sometimes, it is not perfect.

      As the information is transferred through the large number of neurons that transmit the signals towards the next neuron, through synapses, it is likely that some of the degradation can occur within it. This is the reason, most of our memories are usually incomplete or they may include a false portion which makes the filling of real memory.

      The neuroscientists have believed for long time that the process of memory formation and learning is made by the weakening and strengthening of the connections that are present among the brain cells. But recently, MIT researchers at McGovern Institute, Ramirez and Xu Liu, have actually proved the theory. With experiments conducted on mice, the researchers were able to find out

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