[정보] Improve your Memory

 모두들 시험보느라 고생이 많으시죠?
 오늘은 기억력(Memory)에 대한 몇가지 자료를 소개하고자 합니다.

 특히 시험기간이 되면 기억할 것이 너무 많아서 overload..되는 느낌이 들기도 하지만, 실제로 우리 뇌가 얼마나 많은 정보를 수용하고 기억을 recall 할 수 있는지 아는 사람은 얼마나 될까요?^^
 
 우리 뇌는 Plasticity(가소성)의 성질이 있어 어떤 자극을 받는가에 따라 항상 변화하고 있고 새로운 것을 기억할 뿐 아니라 응용하거나 창조도 가능하다는 것이 참 신비롭습니다~
 바쁘고 힘들기도한 시험기간이지만..
 여러분이 가진 잠재력과 좋은 Brain을 마음껏 활용하시기 바라며~
 기억력을 향상시키는 tip 몇가지를 소개합니다.

1. 주의집중(Pay attention)

 - Learnig, Memory(암기)는 우리 뇌에 새로운 정보를 encoding하는 과정입니다.
   새로운 정보를 accept한 후 뇌의 기억력을 관장하는 해마(Hippocampus)를 거쳐 기억 
 이 되기까지는 최소한 8초의 시간이 필요하다고 합니다.
   여러 가지 일을 한꺼번에 하지 않고 한가지에 주의 집중 하는 것이 중요하겠죠

2. Involve as many senses as possible.
 
- 어떤 사람(Visual learner)은 시각의 정보를 잘 기억하고, 어떤 사람은 소리정보를 잘 기억
 한다고 하지만 다양한 형태의 정보를 combine해서 기억하고자 노력하면 기억이 더 잘 된다고 합니다.

3. Relate Information to what you already know & Organize
 
- 기억을 한다는 것은 우리 뇌에서 실제 분자 레벨의 변화가 일어난 것이라고 하죠(CREB Molecular marker)
 이미 알고 있는 정보에 새로운 정보를 연관시키며 정리하는 것이 효과적인 기억법입니다.
 기억한 정보를 recall하기 위한 단서 마련하기에도 좋은 방법인 것 같습니다^^

4. Reherse Information frequently and 'overlearn'
 
- 많은 양의 정보를 Cramming하는 것 보다 "Spaced Rehersal"이 더 효과적이라고 전문가들은 조언하고 있습니다.

5. Be MOTIVATIVE and Keep a POSITIVE attitude

 - 가장 중요한 것 같습니다. 이렇게 좋은 도서관에서 맘껏 공부할 수 있는 여러분들~
  행복하시죠? 모두들 화이팅입니다 ! 

Five Tools for Improving Your Memory – Basic steps to keep your memory in peak condition throughout life. (AARP)

Memory Improvement and Learning Skills – An incredible resource chock-full of articles on every aspect of memory training. There are also sections titled Mnemonics, Amazing Brain, and Great Minds. (Project Happy Child, UK)

Mental fitness – exercises for the brain – Describes a complete “mental workout” — daily exercises for the brain. (bellydoc.com)

Keep Your Brain Alive Exercise – Neurobics, created by a professor of neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center, shows you how to exercise your brain. These mental gymnastics strengthen nerve connections and activate little-used pathways in your brain to help keep your mind fit. (Neurobics.com)

Cognitive Psychology on Memory – Q&A on the ways in which cognitive psychology attempts to understand memory, how we learn, remember and forget, and how human memory compares with computer memory. (South Bank University/London, UK)

Don’t Forget! Playing Games With Memory – Part of a site based on a museum exhibit about memory, this area combines games that test memory with advice for improving memory. (The Exploratorium, San Francisco)

Improving Your Memory – How reviewing, organizing, interpreting and making associations for what you learn can aid memory. (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Memory Techniques and Mnemonics – Handy list of Mind Tools techniques for remembering all kinds of information. (Academictips.org)

Memory and nutrition:

Feed Your Head – Part of a special report on mental acuity, this article lists a number of foods that can help you stay sharp longer. (AARP)

Green Tea and Memory – A readable student paper that shows the science behind green tea producers’ claims of memory enhancement, as well as a clear explanation of how free radicals and antioxidants work. (Vanderbilt University)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Improve Cognitive Function (commercial site) – Report on how fish oils, specifically DHA, help prevent memory loss. (Life Enhancement)

Other resources that we used when writing this article:

Improving Memory: Understanding Age-Related Memory Loss – This series of articles presents the full text of a special health report from Harvard Medical School on the brain mechanics of memory, the ways and the degrees to which memory changes with age, advice on how to respond to memory loss, and strategies for preventing memory loss and improving memory. (Pri-Med Patient Education Center)

Memory Enhancement Seminars for Seniors – Also available in PDF format, this site provides the full text of Dr. Skip Rizzo's presentation on memory enhancement for seniors. Includes detailed explanations of several techniques to improve your memory, including the method of location system, the pegword and link system, and the link method. Also includes a discussion of several cognitive distortions that hamper your ability to remember. (University of Southern California)

Improving Memory – Goes well beyond academic concerns to explain the steps of memory acquisition and retention, plus techniques for improving memory. (University of Texas at Austin)

AAC Study Tips – Also designed for students, but contains clear, concise information about how memory works, why people forget information, and to make improvements. Check out the Information Processing Model for an excellent graphic on where information goes after you take it in. (Ohio University)

20 General Memory Tips – Detailed site that emphasizes the physical and sensory aspects of remembering information offers reassurance to people who think they have poor powers of memory. (Florida Institute of Technology)

Memory Tips – Another good school source. (Alexandria Technical College, Minnesota)

Frequently asked questions about memory (commercial site) – Helpful Q&A about such topics as whether there is really a "photographic memory" and if playing tapes during sleep enhances remembering. (The Memory Key)