Memory and Planning

Sarah Raskin explains both defines prospective memory and offers techniques for its improvement.

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Exercises for Memory

Korin Miller and Kayla Blanton discuss exercise that enhances memory .

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Childhood Memories

Ferris Jabr explains how a child's brain changes, eliminating some childhood memories .

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Improving Recall

Allie Volpe offers tips for inproving recall . These mainly involve concentration or stories or creating an emotional linkage to the information.

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Momories May Be Stored Using RNA

Marco Altamirano reports that memories seem to be stored epigenetically using RNA .

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Improving Memorization

Tom Stafford gives three tips for memorization :

1. Practice to recall and use information, not to recognize information;
2. Study a little each day, rather than spending the same number of hours in a single marathon study session; and remember,
3. Mastery requires a lot of intentional practice; learning in ones' sleep does not develop mastery.

Mary Slaughter also wrote about studying and memorization.

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What You Know Determines What You May Learn

Marlieke van Kesteren notes that what you know determines what you may learn . Joshua Foer has earlier mentioned that education in foundational concepts is required for advanced learning in the book Moonwalking With Einstein, and it is one of the reasons for a liberal arts education.

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Memory and the Computer

Gene Tracy suggests that human memory is being offloaded to computer storage.

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Memory and Making Decisions

Mark McGraw provides an example of memory steering decision making .

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Trans-Fat and Memory

Michelle Canales reports that a diet rich in trans fats impairs memory . Conversely, Lisa Rapaport notes that a Mediterranean diet seems to result in a healthier brain.

Michelle Canales notes that moderate physical activity is beneficial to brain health, citing a study of 43,368 participants over twelve years, where physical activity reduced the expected rate of Parkinson's by 45%.   Mark McGraw noted that a healthy diet including blueberries seems to treat such neurodegenerative diseases.

Interestingly, consumption of dietary cholesterol is now seen to be less of a health problem than consumption of saturated fat and sodium. Mark McGraw noted in February that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommended that restrictions on dietary cholesterol be lifted, and that U.S. citizens should consume more vitamin D, calcium, potassium and fiber.

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