MEMORY TRAINING
ALL brains can benefit from “Memory Training”! As we gather and store more and more data from everyday life, our proverbial mental “filing cabinets” start to get full, and even disorganized! Being able to manage that “data” helps to organize the many, many drawers in our cabinet!
Strategies and techniques aimed at optimizing the brain’s ability to encode, store, and retrieve information is the key! It’s a field explored by cognitive psychology and neuroscience, offering diverse approaches for different types of memory and target populations. As we see “Cognitive Decline” inflict persons younger and younger, this is a crucial approach to overall brain health.
It’s all about:
ENCODING 
STORAGERETRIEVAL 
Brain Builders works with all three types or memory function:
• Short Term (working memory for temporary information)
• Long Term (extended storage of information)
• Explicit/Implicit Memory
This breaks down information into memories of “personal experience” or “facts & knowledge.
Our specifically designed activities and exercises involve all aspects. We do this through powerful tools that utilize association and visualization to improve encoding and recall.
Examples include:
- Associating items with locations in familiar places.
- Setting information to music or creating rhymes to make it more memorable.
- Creating vivid mental images to connect with the information.
- Revisiting information at increasing intervals over time to enhance long-term retention. This combats the natural forgetting curve.
- Breaking down large amounts of information into smaller, more manageable groups. This helps overcome the limited capacity of short-term memory.
- Regularly testing oneself on the material instead of passively rereading it. This strengthens the retrieval process.
- Connecting new information to existing knowledge and creating meaningful associations.
- Creating visual diagrams to organize information and show relationships between concepts.
- Techniques like meditation can help improve focus and attention, which are crucial for effective memory encoding.
- Regular physical activity increases blood flow to the brain and may promote neuronal growth, potentially aiding memory.
- Good sleep, a healthy diet, and managing chronic health problems all contribute to overall brain health and optimal memory function.
Our Strategies include:
- Associating items with locations in familiar places.
- Setting information to music or creating rhymes to make it more memorable.
- Creating vivid mental images to connect with the information.
- Revisiting information at increasing intervals over time to enhance long-term retention. This combats the natural forgetting curve.
- Breaking down large amounts of information into smaller, more manageable groups. This helps overcome the limited capacity of short-term memory.
- Regularly testing oneself on the material instead of passively rereading it. This strengthens the retrieval process.
- Connecting new information to existing knowledge and creating meaningful associations.
- Creating visual diagrams to organize information and show relationships between concepts.
- Techniques like meditation can help improve focus and attention, which are crucial for effective memory encoding.
- Regular physical activity increases blood flow to the brain and may promote neuronal growth, potentially aiding memory.
- Good sleep, a healthy diet, and managing chronic health problems all contribute to overall brain health and optimal memory function.
