Looking to keep your mind sharp? Latest research by
a team of US scientists reveals that GOOGLING is good for
your brain. According to Dr Gary Small ...Searching the
internet stimulates the brain activity in the elderly and
middle-aged and may help keep their minds sharp.
This study which was published in the latest edition of the
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry was carried out by
scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA).
The web triggers key centres in the brain that control
decision making and complex reasoning and may help stimulate
and possibly improve brain function.
Crossword puzzles, sudoku and other mind games have long
been thought to help keep the mind stimulated. This latest
study on complex activity is encouraging for those of us who
are intent on keeping our minds engaged & active....so start
Googling today!
You just called the TV repair shop and the
voice on the other end of the line tells you "this is Don
Smith". About 5 minutes later you tell your wife that "this
guy" will be out to fix the TV in the morning. You can't
think of his name although you know he mentioned it on the
phone.
This happens all the time to just about any
of us unless we have learned to concentrate and implant the
name in our memory right at the time we hear it. To do this
you first must make a habit of repeating the name back to
the person. This action will remind you to store the name in
your "Memory banks" each time you hear someone's name, and,
within a matter of a short time the "repeating" process can
be discontinued.
When you meet someone in person use the same
procedure, and in addition, visualize something different,
unusual from the ordinary, or "ridiculous" about their
appearance, position, or actions that "ties in" with their
name. You may have to put the descriptive information on one
side of a card or piece of paper and the name on the other
side for a while until it is imbedded in your memory
permanently. Look at it repeatedly, see the "picture" in
your mind's eye as you look at the name, or when you see the
name visualize the "picture" you have assigned to the name.
Getting this system to work will require
certain changes in your thinking and it may take several
days or several weeks to become proficient. After all, you
have developed a "bad Habit" over a period of many years and
it is difficult to turn it around overnight.
This method also works with anything else
work remembering, not just names. When you have occasion to
remember something, jot it down and incorporate it into your
list . . . No complicated formula . . . Just a system that
works with a little concentration.
