9 Tactics to Build a Stronger Mind Lisa Genova
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcx3WEhodBw
Tips for memory improvements. Some things we might think are cheating, like writing it down or Googling it, are actually helpful for us. Stress is bad for our memory. Meditate, be mindful, be playful. Meditation can be simple 4 second breath in, hold for a second, 4 second breath out. Relax.
The first essential ingredient in creating a memorythat's going to last longer than this present momentis attention (View Highlight)
Your brain will never rememberwhat you don't pay attention to (View Highlight)
Under chronic stress, your body will just keep dumpingadrenaline and cortisol, and it can't shut off.This is bad for memory.You are actually shrinking your hippocampus-the part of your brain that's essential
for forming consciously-held memoriesis going to be smaller.You'll be inhibiting 'neurogenesis (View Highlight)
This is where things like yoga, meditation,mindfulness, and exercise come into play.All of these have been shown
to restore the size of people's hippocampuswho have been chronically stressed (View Highlight)
Also, your hippocampus consolidates the informationyou're learning into a lasting memorythat you can consciously retrieve while you sleep.So what happens if you don't get enough sleep?Your hippocampus might not have had enough time (View Highlight)
Caffeine is actually good for memory,because caffeine increases your attention.So anything that's an attention boosteris gonna be a memory booster.We know that sleep is super important for forming memories,
so caffeine's good for memory.You just wanna be carefulthat it's not compromising your sleep (View Highlight)
In psychology, this is called the 'Baker-Baker Paradox.'If I'm trying to remember your nameand your name is Mr. Baker,that's really tough for me to remember-abstract concept.But if I were asked to remember the word "baker,"I can picture him wearing an apron,and he's got flour on his face and,"Oh, I remember the bakery I used to love as a kidand we used to get danishes there on Sundays."So now I've got all of these associations in my brain, (View Highlight)
One of the ways that we can repeat a memoryis by writing it down.If I've experienced a certain number of things today,
and I keep a journal-what I've chosen to write downwill become a stronger, more reinforced memory in my brain.I will also have the opportunity to revisitthat memory by reading it later (View Highlight)
It's not cheating to write it down.It's actually good practice."Airline pilots do not rely on their brainsand their prospective memoriesto remember to lower the wheels before landing the plane.They outsource the job to a to-do list, a checklist.We should all write it down, put it in your phones,put it in your calendar alerts, make to-do lists.If you wanna remember to pick up milk at the grocery store, (View Highlight)
Googling a wordthat's on the tip of your tongue isn't cheating.It will not cause digital amnesia.It will not make your memory weaker in any way.It frees you up.We can Google anything that we can't rememberin a moment's notice, and then use that information
to continue thinking, to continue the conversation,to learn more.You have my permission to Google it and look it up (View Highlight)