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Psych 640
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Professor
Running head: CONCEPT MAP OF MEMORY
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CONCEPT MAP OF MEMORY
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Concept Map of Memory
Mental
Pictures
Exercise
Master New
Skill
Well Rested
Eat Right
Not Effectively Encoding into Long-term Memory
Methods to Enhance Memory
Effective Encoding
into
Long-term Memory
Memory
Systems
Memory
There are many techniques one may utilize to enhance their memory. Over time, aging affects one’s memory, however these simple techniques make it possible to retain information longer. Maintaining a healthy diet and exercising regularly plays a crucial role in enhancing your memory. “Fresh vegetables are essential, as are healthy fats and avoiding sugar and grain carbohydrates. Exercise encourages your brain to work at optimum capacity by stimulating nerve cells to multiply, strengthening their interconnections and protecting them from damage” (APA, 2015). Exercising helps cognitive functions such as learning. Getting a good night’s sleep is said to enhance memory and to improve performance of skills. “The process of brain growth, or neuroplasticity, is believed to underlie your brain’s capacity to control behavior, including learning and memory” (Mercola, 2014). Challenging your brain through brain games and mastering new skills will help to enhance memory. If you do not provide your brain with new information, it will begin to deteriorate. Overall, engaging in meaningful activities stimulates our neurological systems. Providing the brain with appropriate stimulus can counteract degeneration of memory over one’s lifetime.
References
APA. (2015). Enhance your memory. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/topics/learning/enhance-memory.aspx
Mercola, D. (2014, April). Seven tricks to improve your memory. Retrieved from http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/04/24/memory-improvement-tricks.aspx