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.

你能增強你的記憶還是你會忘記你剛剛說過話？

我們不能擁有如攝影般清晰準確的記憶，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，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。記憶分為長期記憶和短期記憶。長期記憶涉及你嘗試長期留存的信息；短期則是關乎我們只需儲存幾秒鐘的信息，例如電話號碼。在你增強記憶力的征途中，你將會犯一些錯誤。但是因為承諾和刺激，將會產生大量看似不可能的信息。

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

一些增強記憶的方法只是些實用的小點子，它們可以是我們思想系統收益匪淺，同時可以增加我們的創造力。學習一些復雜的新技巧，如學習一門新的語言，可以刺激你的大腦增強神經之間的連接以幫助你提高記憶。

因年齡而引起的以及衰退，通過有規律的鍛煉，可以得到扭轉或減輕。有規律的聯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。保持積極的思想，克服消極的意識。

2.           找出你學習的風格特點。一些人主要通過看學習知識，而另一些人主要是通過聽獲取信息。

3.           盡可能多的調動你的感覺。當你想記住一些東西時可以邊寫邊讀。

4.           對于一些更加復雜的信息來說，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的食物相聯系，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。可以同時用文字和圖片。

7.           用首字母縮寫詞來聯想要記憶的信息。

8.           可以用一個可以看得見的形象聯想一個單詞或名字。（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.       在記憶一篇長篇的演講時，可以分成小的相互聯系的片段。想象著這是一條從一個地點到目的地的線路，然后沿著這條線路來記住這些材料。

記憶和健康是相互聯系的。任何可以提高你的心理和生理健康的事情都將會有助于增強你的記憶力。合理的營養，適當的紓解壓力，良好的睡眠習慣以及避免吸煙等，這些都是掌控你記憶的必要措施。