Train the Brain to Sharpen Memory

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Do you often forget when looking for an object? For example, you often forget to put where your keys? Or forget important things to do? Forgot your password? Your child's test scores poorly because of difficulty memorizing? It is widely experienced by us. As a result, the more time and energy required to find stuff, got a scolding from someone else, or get poor results due to the nature of these forgetful. Brain memory is going to wane with age. The older age of a person usually they will be more forgetful. However, this can also happen at a young age. This problem can be reduced by training the brain.

 

 Brain function

         In the process of remembering, the brain plays a big role. The brain can be divided into left brain and right brain. Left brain functions associated with logic, numbers, writing, intelligence, calculation, analysis, and for short-term memory (short term memory). While the right brain we use for creativity, imagination, music, colors, shapes, emotions, and for long-term memory (long term memory).

         The memory of the more lasting if the recall using the right brain. To be able to remember well, it is necessary to train the brain to function optimally. Unfortunately, more and more people are using left brain in the process of remembering. The left brain is more developed most people without a balanced development of the right brain. Because the left brain is short-term memory, the information stored in the left brain will more easily forgotten.

         Therefore, if you want to keep in the right brain, the information must be converted into a story or picture. Because the right brain does not recognize text or numbers. Exercise is necessary in order to develop the right brain. There are several techniques that can be done.

Total Story Technique (TST)

         This technique is done by making a short story of the things that we will memorize. For example we will shop at a supermarket to buy rice, shampoo, milk, gum, floor cleaners, eggs, soy, cheese, tomato sauce, wipes. Instead of trying to memorize it, you better make up stories for these things to Dewi Sri (the goddess of rice is a legend that describes rice) was shampooing (shampoo) with a milk bath. While outside, the Mbok who was chewing gum while mopping (permbersih floor) has prepared the eggs taste soy sauce sprinkled with cheese and tomato sauce soft as tissue.

         The story actually visualized and imagined. Develop your imagination by adding color, sound, objects and motion supporting the story. For example, imagine a pink bath milk bath where Dewi Sri, imagine the Mbok old and wearing a gray kebaya mopping pages, listen to sound of chewing gum in his mouth, and imagine you taste the eggs that tasted like ketchup, imagine an egg shape sprinkled with cheese and tomato sauce, and imagine that you can hold the eggs and the like tissue softness.

          Make a real shadow in front of you. With the example of this story, we have trained the right brain that functions in creativity and imagination. Creativity is created when we make a short story and imagination played a role when we visualize the story.

Total Word Technique (TWT)

         In this technique the information you want to remember turned into acronyms or if the information to be remembered is the foreign words, can be converted into words that sound almost the same. This technique is often referred to as mnemonics. After that, just created a story to be accepted by the right brain.

         For example, when I have to memorize the eighth planet from the nearest sun. The sequence is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. If memorize difficult, can be transformed into the phrase "Driving a Vespa Not Toys, Judi Friend Urip reckless".

         Sentence using multiple first letter or the first syllable of the order of the planet you want to remember. Driving to remember Mercury, Venus Vespa for, not for the Earth, Toys for Mars, Judi to Jupiter, Saturn Companions for Urip to Uranus, Neptune reckless for. By imagining the characters and that is being done, you can better remember it.

Total Number Technique (TNT)

         This technique is used to remember the numbers. Because the right brain does not know the number or writing, the story needs to be created in order to recognize the right brain. For example, you have to remember the number 212,007,217,080,205. You can turn it into a story like Wiro Sableng (212) and James Bond (007), two (2) are following the ceremony of independence (1708) on the day of national education (0205).

         Your imagination will be more refined when you add the colors in the shadow of your story, add motion, scent or other things so that your imagination more attractive. If you can, make a funny story or a story that makes no sense. This will help get more remembered.You can also try to teach it to children. Thus, memorization can be a fun activity for them.  It will also be a good exercise for the right brain that can spur creativity and optimize your child's brain.  If you are trying to remember with these methods, store the information in your right brain, the information will not be quickly forgotten and helps optimize brain and helps your memory. Good luck!