The Experiment

General 3 Minutes

Getting older is not for sissies.  This I know.  As I’ve gotten older, my long-term memory has remained fairly accurate. (Full disclosure: I can’t remember my locker combination from high school, but to be honest, I forgot it a lot back then too.) But facts, dates, and people? Those I can remember.

My short-term memory, however is like intermittent rain—hit or miss.  Certain words elude me –only to pop up in my mind during an entirely different conversation.  And don’t get me started on why I go into another room…LOL

My experiment is going to be a simple one.  I read an article online concerning tips to improve your memory and I intend to try those tips for a month.  I will then report my findings…did they help? Or am I as lost as I ever was?

Here are the 12 memory tricks that are supposed to help me remember anything EASILY.

Do puzzles or play games that target your memory. 

The study suggests apps (which I won’t use) or flash cards—even just trying to memorize a string of cards from a deck of cards.

Keep your brain active.

Just like your muscles weaken from physical inactivity, brain inactivity may lead to mental decline. It stands to reason that a more active brain is likely to be a healthier brain, and that having a healthy brain will benefit your short-term memory.

Eat a brain healthy diet.

The MIND diet (which is a hybrid of the DASH diet and Mediterranean diet) appears to slow down cognitive decline. It prioritizes leafy vegetables, berries, nuts, olive oil, occasional fish consumption, and reduced red meat consumption. Drink plenty of water as well. Dehydration negatively impacts the brain along with the rest of the body.  (Reduced red meat?  Not likely)

Exercise regularly.

In general, adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week for overall health benefits. (I already do this.)

Get enough sleep.

Research indicates that high quality sleep helps to encode existing memories so that they “stick” much better. (I do this too.)

Focus on what you want to remember.

Scientifically speaking, short term memory only lasts around 15-30 seconds—after that, the information is either discarded or moved to long term memory. Therefore, focusing closely on a new piece of info for 15-30 seconds can keep it in your short-term memory and may help transfer it to your long-term memory.

Engage multiple senses.

When you meet someone new, listen carefully and look directly at them as they state their name. Repeat their name immediately afterward. Shake their hand and feel their grip. Even take notice of their perfume or cologne! The more sensory associations you build, the more firmly the memory is encoded.

Utilize mnemonic devices.

Try constructing colorful, even silly visualizations or verbalizations to help encode a group of things in your short-term memory.

Try “chunking” items into groups.

Chunking is related to mnemonics and is the principle behind using hyphens to break up 10-digit phone numbers in the U.S.—remembering individual groups of 3, 3, and 4 numbers is easier than recalling a single string of 10. It works even better when you can create associations within each “chunk” — for instance, maybe the “3015” section of a phone number contains the jersey numbers of two of your favorite athletes.

Lay out structured associations.

Create a bubble map. In other words, prioritize remembering the most vital information, but also focus on memorizing the structure that connects this vital info to the less important material you also want to remember.

Address existing health issues.

Some medications can affect short-term memory.

Reduce your memory demands.

In other words, write yourself notes.  Again, I already do this.

So that’s the list of tips.  I intend to try as many of these as I can over the next 4 weeks. Wish me luck!

Source: Wiki How: How to Increase Your Short Term Memory

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106 thoughts on “The Experiment”

  1. Morning All!
    last evening, right before dusk, a mama bear ran across the front yard. Luckily we were both standing close to the front windows and saw her. within seconds, 3 cubs followed! 2 black and 1 cinnamon!! pretty cool i must say. after they crossed the driveway, something spooked the one black cub and he climbed the tree right there…but mama was still moving so he came down and followed.
    it didn’t last more than a few minutes and had we been watching tv at the time, we might have missed it!

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  3. I LOVE LOVE LOVE PATRIOT’S SPIRITS!!!!! copied from wolf’s

    TheseTruthsOffline
    Coyote
    August 1, 2022 00:14

    From Truth Social: Some people are having tailgate parties at dropbox locations in order to observe them and discourage cheating.

    jtWWG1WGA

    @jtWWG1WGA

    Replying to @RealSKeshel

    We are running with your drop box tailgate parties. We ram one mule off just by being there…

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    1. the meme schneider is referring to talks about what’s in “insects” that mammals cannot digest and contributes to diesease

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  10. her blue hair and multiple nose rings are a dead giveaway

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  12. a step in the right direction…healthcare workers filed a lawsuit against their employer for disregarding their religious exemptions to the mandated vaxes and won
    FTA
    This is a landmark legal outcome, and I hope that it leads to more cases being settled to the advantage of workers punished for refusing employer mandates for the experimental covid vaccines. Dr. Bryam W. Bridle writes on the Covid Chronicles Substack site:

    Liberty Counsel settled the nation’s first classwide lawsuit for health care workers over a COVID shot mandate, for more than $10.3 million. The class action settlement against NorthShore University HealthSystem is on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care workers who were unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. The agreed upon settlement was filed today in the federal Northern District Court of Illinois.

    As a result of the settlement, NorthShore will pay $10,337,500 to compensate these health care employees who were victims of religious discrimination, and who were punished for their religious beliefs against taking an injection associated with aborted fetal cells.

    This is a historic, first-of-its-kind class action settlement against a private employer who unlawfully denied hundreds of religious exemption requests to COVID-19 shots.

    The settlement must be approved by the federal District Court. Employees of NorthShore who were denied religious exemptions will receive notice of the settlement, and will have an opportunity to comment, object, request to opt out, or submit a claim form for payment out of the settlement fund, all in accordance with deadlines that will be set by the court.

    As part of the settlement agreement, NorthShore will also change its unlawful “no religious accommodations” policy to make it consistent with the law, and to provide religious accommodations in every position across its numerous facilities

    Employees who were terminated will have the opportunity to reapply for their jobs and retain their seniority.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/healthcare_workers_reach_10_millionplus_settlement_in_class_action_lawsuit_over_coerced_vaccinations_by_employer.html

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  13. we just picked 10 (!) cherry tomatoes for hubby’s salad tomorrow night!
    they smell awesome–I am not a tomato eater (sauces are okay, but not just a plain tomato)
    there’s probably 40 more out there ripening and plenty more flowers!

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  22. good luck with that…I expect a lot of dancing, some smoke and mirrors, but very little meaningful direction

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  27. copied from tcth

    Sir Francis Bacon
    August 1, 2022 11:03 am

    BREAKING: Bombshell Presentation Reveals Identities Of Maricopa County Election Employees Who Deleted Files From Election Server BEFORE Maricopa County Audit
    By Jordan Conradson
    Published July 31, 2022, at 6:08pm

    We The People AZ Alliance hosted an election security forum in Maricopa County on Saturday, featuring testimony from expert witnesses and state legislators.

    Logan: So, Brian is accessing the server room using the identities and cards of other people.

    Maricopa County policies also require two people in the server room whenever someone is using the keyboard video monitor, however, Brian was alone on multiple occasions.

    Vanbibber then played the video of Brian Ramirez accessing the server room after he was let in by Assistant Elections Director Kristi Passarelli, at the same time that the server logs were deleted.

    Vanbibber: Here she is letting Brian into the server room at that time, and here he is getting on the console. And then you guys know the rest of the history.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/breaking-bombshell-presentation-reveals-identities-maricopa-county-elections-employees-deleted-files-election-server-maricopa-county-audit/

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  31. President Trump provided a transcript of his call to zelensky way back when…will ultra maggot?
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    Do these reports prove that Joe Biden has been compromised by the Chinese government? Bearing in mind that the laptop has been authenticated, it sure looks like Biden has put his family’s personal interests ahead of America’s which is precisely what we’d feared.

    Following Biden’s two-hour phone call last Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House claimed that Biden had confronted Xi about genocide and forced labor. Later however, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called those claims “pure lies” and “false information.”

    Someone’s lying, but sadly, we don’t know who that might be.

    Regarding a possible stop in Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is currently visiting U.S. allies in the region, Xi allegedly warned Biden: “Those who play with fire will perish.”

    How did Biden respond? We don’t know that either. But, considering the potential risk to U.S. national security and the overwhelming evidence that he’s been compromised by the CCP, we need to see the readout from the call.

    In fact, we should demand it.

    https://afnn.us/2022/08/01/biden-is-compromised-by-china-americans-must-demand-to-see-readout-of-call-with-xi/

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  32. LA ends citizenship requirement for local gov’t positions
    FTA
    People in the United States illegally can now work for Los Angeles County with no requirement to provide proof of citizenship.

    Last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to allow non-citizens to work in government positions provided the position does not conflict with state or federal law.

    People will still be required to provide proof of citizenship to work for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

    Authored by Chair Hilda l. Solis and co-authored by Sheila Kuehl, the policy allegedly aims to better represent the “community” in city government.

    “Los Angeles County is a community of immigrants from each corner of the world,” said Solis in a statement. “And while our County-government workforce reflects the community it represents, there is room for improvement. This motion seeks to make clear that the County, as one of the largest employers in the region, strives to be an inclusive and diverse workforce, and is committed to not excluding nor allowing citizenship to be a barrier to employment.”

    Democrats will use any excuse to put illegal aliens ahead of American Citizens. https://t.co/kgNQs4CVPo

    — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 9, 2021

    Solis noted an estimated 880,000 non-citizens live in Los Angeles and the county’s Public Defender’s Office had received “applications from non-citizens who are otherwise allowed to practice law in California but are disqualified from the application process because of the citizenship requirement,” according to Fox Business.

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/01/los-angeles-ends-citizenship-requirement-for-government-jobs/

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  33. in 1995, ny times reported that in 25 yrs, the east cost beaches would be gone…they are still there
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    In 1995 the New York Times reported that in 25 years the beaches on the US East Coast would no longer be visible – they would be underwater due to global warming. Today evidence again proves The New York Times and climate change radicals were wrong.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/NYT-1995-Beaches-are-gone-in-25-Years4-scaled.j

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/global-warming-myth-1995-new-york-times-said-beaches-east-coast-will-gone-25-years/

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  37. too bad they are retired…
    copied from tcth

    sync
    August 1, 2022 12:54 pm

    124 US GENERALS AND ADMIRALS SIGN LETTER QUESTIONING BIDEN HEALTH

    Open Letter from Retired Generals and Admirals

    Our Nation is in deep peril. We are in a fight for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776. The conflict is between supporters of Socialism and Marxism vs. supporters of Constitutional freedom and liberty.

    Although its members are no longer engaged in active military service, they are “bound by that oath to do what we can, in our capacity today, to protect our nation from the threats to her freedom.”

    https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/fb7c7bd8-097d-4e2f-8f12-3442d151b57d/downloads/2021%20Open%20Letter%20from%20Retired%20Generals%20and%20Adm.pdf?ver=1620740665549

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  45. from tcth

    Citizen817
    August 1, 2022 1:12 pm

    @realDonaldTrump

    Wow, the Tax increase for middle income families in New Democrat Bill is staggering. We are in a recession. This is no time to raise taxes. U.S. manufacturers will flee, and quickly!

    @realDonaldTrump

    4h
    Big Tax increase for all Americans being pushed by Democrats. This is the opposite of the Biden pledge!

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