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  • Forgetfulness can be frustrating, but with a few strategies for sharpening your brain, you can remember more and forget less. Most strategies, using memory aids such as lists, rhyming, writing, picturing and reading, will help you remember things that you had trouble with before. These simple techniques are things that you can do every day to help keep your memory sharp.

    Associations

    Associating works by linking related concepts together to help you remember them. For example, you can associate a person's name with a physical or character trait they have that sticks out in your memory. For a grocery list, you can group items together by section, such as dairy, meats, grains and produce. Mnemonic devices also help you to remember by associating. An example as a mnemonic device would be turning a phrase you want to remember into an acronym, using only the first letter of each word.

    Capturing

    Write things down. Carrying a small notebook and pen to write things down that you want to remember is a form of capturing. By using this capture device, you are remembering by writing physically and visually capturing the words you are writing. Keeping a journal and calendar will also help you capture dates, appointments, things you have done and things that you need to do. Capturing can also be done with pictures. Use your phone camera or another camera to take quick pictures of things you want to remember. These could be things to buy, the price of an item, where you were at a certain time or a food dish that you liked. You can write down or take pictures of almost anything you want to remember.

    Reading and Other Activities

    Reading more books and participating in other cognitive activities is another way to help keep your memory sharp. A study done by the Mayo Clinic, which was presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 2009 annual meeting, "found that reading books, playing games, participating in computer activities and crafting led to a 30- to 50-percent decrease in the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment." Reading can help you remember words and definitions as well as content.

    Source:

    Mayo Clinic: Exercise Your Brain to Prevent Memory Loss

    Seven Tricks to Stop Forgetfulness

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