Hot answers tagged memory
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There have been a lot of studies on handwriting and memory. The Wall Street Journal article How Handwriting Trains the Brain talks about one such study that shows that children learn to recognize letter shapes faster and more accurately if they write them out rather than typing them. Writing by hand also helps adults who are learning a graphically ...
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Whoa ... slow down. :)
Let's look at what you have.
You have a great degree and a full-time job. Your basic needs and many of your wants are met.
You've talked a lot about your weaknesses. What are your strengths? List those. (You don't have to tell us if you don't want to. This is for your benefit.)
You have passions, right? Something that really ...
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Have you watched "No arms, no legs, no worries"? Nick is one of my heroes.
You sound like you are disappointed with yourself. Don't be. That kind of thinking is not productive.
You have a long list of improvements that you want to do. That's good. Started with an easiest one. Rewrite that list sorted from easiest to hardest. Stick it on your door so that ...
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I think your issue is calling out for some type of breathing exercise or meditation. I have personally found a lot of relief from racing thoughts and stress through this method. The idea is to actively clear your mind, and allow it to focus on something other than work for a few minutes. I think you will find that an active approach to removing stress is ...
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Seems to me your mind is clouded by negative thoughts. You should give mindfulness training a try. It's basically a very simple meditation technique (inspired by Buddhism) where you quietly sit down and focus on your breath, actively trying to eliminate all other thoughts. If done 7 minutes per day for a couple of weeks, this training has been shown to ...
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You have listed a lot of typical symptoms of depression. Try to get medical opinion on this. Check out what assistance your health insurance gives you, or as SteveV says, check out the option of paying for treatment.
Explain your feelings to friends and family. Ask them for help and advice. Make social interaction a priority, even when you don't feel in the ...
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Research has shown that we remember things best by spaced repetition. My grandfather summarized it when talking about an oil finish on wood: daily for a week, weekly for a month, monthly for a year, yearly for life. The same kind of process (although perhaps with different intervals) is what works for people's memories, too. See Wikipedia on spaced ...
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Have no patience, Have a very low self confidence, Have become a
negative thinker, Loosing focus on doing tasks or other things, Memory
loss, easily forget things, Procrastination (even to post this
question), Can't make decisions.
sounds like a depression to me (but I am no expert). Would you consider a visit to a shrink? (try your best to find ...
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I think it can be unpopular answer and not in the main stream but I think that the most is about motivation.
If you really motivated to remember or to get something from the text you can do "miracles". Of course such answer wouldn't be of any worth if not followed by more explanation.
I think before you start to read you need to know why you doing this and ...
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Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin would be a book that has a section about memory and how different people have different contexts used to be able to build up their ability to recall data. The key here is to know one's own passions and ideas so that the data can enter the long-term memory better than if someone tries to hand you the data.
Moonwalking ...
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In Chalmer and Clark's paper at
http://consc.net/papers/extended.html
they list the use of pen and paper to perform multiplication as an example of extended cognition, and it seems that the to-do list falls into the same category. Furthermore, from the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind:
The main criterion that Clark and ...
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There are a lot of techniques out there for how to absorb information; and, it pains me to say, learning style is somewhat idiosyncratic, and the fundamental concept is to actually learn the material - not just memorize it. So, with those dire portends in mind, here are some strategies I learned from a high school course, reiterated again by almost every ...
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I disagree with Josh Bruce on some of his tips. In fact, I think some of it is misinformation. There is no such thing as a "type of learner." There is very little evidence that it exists. Also, rereading your notes is a terrible way of learning. It increases your fluency (i.e. your perception is that the material is easy). This will lead to overconfidence. ...
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Strenuous physical exercise always works for me. When your legs, lungs and hearth are screaming for attention you won't think about your TODO lists anymore.
See "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain" for some interesting research into the good effects of physical exercise.
Also, fun social activities are a good way to get out of ...
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I'm going to terribly quote Randy Pauch again... from http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/TMenglishTranscript.pdf we have
I like to talk about "The Time Famine". I think it's a nice phrase.
Does anybody here feel like they have too much time? Okay, nobody,
excellent. I like the word "famine", because it's a little bit like
thinking about ...
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First of all, rest is just as important as action! Don't be tempted to skip your breaks. Taking breaks improves your productivity and creativity. Not taking breaks leads to stress and exhaustion (see also this NY Times article)
The Getting-Things-Done (GTD) system is ideal for combatting all your different post-it notes and to-do lists. It requires some ...
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The language you are using appears to me to be limiting your choices. The way you are describing your world shows that you have a "mental map" of it that is so limited, it is no surprise you are unhappy. So if you will allow me, I will respond to each self-description you provided by asking some probing questions:
Whom or what do you "have no patience" ...
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I have been there too and I have managed to solve these issues by taking away the origin. The things you describe in your question are the consequences. Focussing on the consequences won't solve your problem.
Start doing the following:
Go running every (other) day. If possible before work and not after work. If you don't like running, start anyway. After ...
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Only when you get full trust that your system is reliable, that you've recorded everything important and as Rory says, "What's the worst thing that will happen [if you forget]" will you then lose the stress of feeling you've forgotten something. I went through that stage.
Now I find that if I don't record some task I have to get done, there is nearly 100% ...
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I know that with all the things I manage, both in and out of work, some things may get missed. To stay relaxed about this I just ask the simple question:
What is the worst thing that will happen?
As I work mainly in Information and IT, the worst is likely to be that a particular project may be slightly delayed or cost a little more. Not ideal, but hardly ...
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The books say to convert names to images ('Jacqueline' -> a portrait of 'Jacqueline' with a Jackhammer) in order to recall them later, but don't say what to do with the images.
The idea here is that humans are already very good at memorizing images, so once you imagine Jacqueline with a jackhammer, it'll be easy for you to recall this image when you see ...
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You want to do so many things at a time and you are not able to do them and that is making you not happy and not satisfied with your life. I really think that these list of problems arises due to the reason I just mentioned.
I think that the best thing you must be doing right now is to pick up one thing for a month and follow 'Don't break the chain rule'. ...
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In spoken language learning, spaced repetition is very popular and quite effective in the long run. Although, everyday use will also accomplish the same result. For example, in the Pimsleur method, you repeat like this:
Every: 5 seconds, 25 seconds, 2 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 5 hours, 1 day, 5 days, 25 days, 4 months, and 2 years.
And another I've run ...
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Dude, bottom line is, you are capable of working on all the issues you have listed (from what I read, I know this for sure). To start with, all this that you have listed, have you been told, or these are what you believe ? Is this people from work telling you OR people at home ? If its just work, frankly dont take things so personally. If at home, yes you do ...
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Whoa, I can see why you're failing. That's a lot of negativity. You simply cannot get rid of them all at once. You're right to identify that you should only be focusing on them one at a time (unless they can be bundled together like low patience and anger issues).
I suspect that your emotional problems come from poor health and stress. Make sure you get a ...
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Don't summarize everything. You're right -- it is time consuming and often not useful. A 'perfect' summary will often be longer and more difficult to read than the real thing. However summaries and outlines are very powerful tools for understanding.. just use them when needed.
I've done some very difficult subjects. Here's what I do. Note: I make the ...
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Sleeping on a problem or decision overnight is the classic answer, and not to be underestimated. But I get the impression you're asking about shorter diversions in the middle of the day. Well, again, a 20-minute to 2-hour nap can often help. Nap taking is a skill, btw, that many of us have to make an effort to learn.
While sleep is perhaps the gold standard ...
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Remembering a Password
A password you can't remember is a bad password though. Read more below in Creating a Good Password Scheme.
But anyways, if you don't have a choice, then the most important advice I have is: type it over and over again!!
You need to make it become your brain associates with multiple environmental elements: associate it with a typing ...
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Always remember your mind never forgets anything. It may take time and
some effort to recall it properly.
Remembering anything depends on 3 things
Deep learning: writing articles, playing as game, watching videos, having QA or debate with your friends etc. It also depends on your imagination related to what you are learning.
Revision: How many times ...
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As far as I know there are different techniques to remember based on situations.
If I read for exams, then I have to learn it thoroughly with as many repetitions as required so that I don't even lose even a trivial fact, trying to understand the subject by some of the above discussed techniques like visualization, relating to some existing ...
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