Does anyone know how to train to improve memory?

If you want to improve your memory, you must first understand some common sense about memory. Simply put, memory is divided into three stages. The first stage is called the encoding stage. This is like the information input of a computer. To encode, only the encoded information will be saved. This stage has a lot to do with attention. We can't recall a lot of information, and some problems appear in the coding stage. We turn a blind eye to many things and don't observe them carefully. We think we remember, but that's not the case. For example, although we use money every day, we can't immediately describe the pattern on the back of a dollar bill. This is because although we saw it, we didn't take the initiative to pay attention to it, so we didn't code the relevant information, and naturally we couldn't recall it. The second stage is called short-term memory stage. At this stage, the memory retention time is very short, usually from a few seconds to more than ten seconds. For example, if you call 1 14 and find the phone number you want, write it down in your mind. When you want to dial it, you can't remember it at once. The method of testing short-term memory is simple. You can ask a person to say four unrelated numbers or English letters. You can repeat them immediately and then increase them gradually to see how many you can remember at most. The average person is always 7 2. Therefore, we know the capacity of short-term memory is limited. Short-term memory is the basis of long-term memory, which will be forgotten soon without repeated practice. If you continue to practice before it disappears, it can be transformed into long-term memory, which is the third stage of memory. Long-term memory is also called permanent memory, which means that it has been kept for a long time.

From the above understanding, we know that if you feel that your memory is not the best, it is not necessarily that your brain is more stupid than others, but that you have not handled the three stages of memory mentioned above well. If you improve your memory in these three stages, you may improve your memory. Let's focus on how to improve memory.

Let's start with improving the coding stage. First of all, coding always starts with attention, so you should pay full attention to what you want to remember. Remember, if there is no coding or coding error, you can't remember it, even if you have a smart brain. You should concentrate on eliminating or reducing external interference as much as possible. For example, you can choose a quiet place to study and don't be distracted by other things, such as snacks, novels and magazines. Some students pay attention to emotional appeal while reading, which is also a bad habit. Secondly, carefully observe the details you want to remember. For example, if you want to remember a person's appearance, you should carefully observe his eyes, nose, forehead, chin and ears. Third, say to yourself what you want to remember, such as "He is tall, with small eyes and dark skin? Quot This is equivalent to double coding of impression and voice, which is more reliable.

How to improve short-term memory. As we mentioned earlier, the capacity of short-term memory is limited, so in order to improve short-term memory, we must reduce the burden of memory. We can use abbreviations, such as "WHO", which we know is the abbreviation of "World Health Organization". We just need to remember these three letters and take them as clues to remember everything. In addition, we can also make irrelevant objects meaningful through homophonic methods, which can also reduce the burden of memory. For example, pi is "3.14159 ...". As we said before, because of the limited capacity of short-term memory, most people can only remember about seven irrelevant numbers at a time. But if we read it as "a temple on the top of the mountain, a pot of wine …", it will become meaningful, indirectly expanding the memory capacity and reducing the memory burden. Because the short-term memory time is very short, in the final analysis, it depends on repeated practice if you want to preserve it for a long time.

Finally, how to improve long-term memory. Long-term memory is different from short-term memory. The forgetting of short-term memory is like inputting information into a computer, but it is not saved. If you lose it, you'll never get it back. Long-term memory forgetting, like a file stored in a computer, can't be found and naturally can't be brought out. We may all have had this experience. Sometimes we think of a person's name on the tip of our tongue, but we just can't say it. Someone reminded us a little, and we immediately thought of it. This shows that the information is still in my mind, but I can't remember it because of lack of clues. So long-term memory is mainly a retrieval problem. We say that a person has a good memory, including a person clearly remembering what happened before. We can take some measures to improve our long-term memory. For example, we can use clues in the environment. If you have a meeting next week and want to bring a document to someone, you can put it in a conspicuous place in advance, and someone will remind you then. Many people have a good memory not because their brains are necessarily better than others, but because they are good at using clues in the environment. In addition, we can also use the time sequence method to think of things before they happen, and it is helpful for us to remember what happened in front as a clue in time sequence. This method can also be applied to exams. If you can't remember a question, you can think about what you have recited before, and then recite it with you, which will help you remember. You can also do some memory exercises at ordinary times, such as remembering what you were doing today last year.