Memory Spring: Improving Memory and Brain Health

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... Because it's All in Your Mind!

Memory Spring: Improving Your Memory and Brain Health

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Memory Spring is focused on enhancing people's memories, learning skills, job performance, and brain health. We promote an integrated approach towards memory enhancement and brain function that includes Technical, Physical, Organizational and Mental solutions. As a result, people are more efficient, more effective, and live a better quality life. In our sessions people gain new skills, experience immediate improvement, and have fun. For more information click on Memory Spring.

Improve Your Presence to Improve Your Memory!

Focus

Memory is a critical aspect of our built-in survival mechanism. If you look at the notion of memory from a biological Darwinism point of view, those that remembered where the best food was found in the winter, or remembered where there was protection from the elements, or remembered where the predators lived – survived. They were the “fittest” for continuing to thrive and reproduce.

One of the key elements to remembering something in our modern over-stimulated world is being fully present when we are trying to remember something. Consider this typical experience. You are out at lunch with a friend, and the handsome waiter describes the special of the day. Instead of ignoring it, as you usually do, you listen. He animatedly describes the special in such amazing detail that your mouth begins to water. Even though you have never had anything like it before, you decide to order it.

Reduce Your B.S.O.S. to Improve Your Memory!

Confused In today’s multi-stimuli environment most of us struggle with B.S.O.S. or Bright Shiny Object Syndrome. A million things distract us including texts, emails, coworkers, family members, signs, our screen saver, and many others. Heck, we even distract ourselves with our thoughts allowing each thought to bounce around in our heads free associating with everything else which distracts us from our original goal. Consequently, we lose focus and reduce our ability to store information in our memory.

Focus also known as concentration is linked to memory performance. With focus we are able to store information in a way that it is recallable. Without it our minds drift, never allowing our brain to encode the information in a way that we can access it later. Recalling vital facts, people’s names, things we read, even just getting stuff done can all be improved with better focus.

Can we improve our focus to improve our memory? Absolutely! Here are a number of things that you can do to improve your focus.

Are You Laughing Enough for Your Memory?

A recent study has revealed that those people who laugh more often get brain benefits.

The study completed at Loma Linda University in Southern California studied adults in 3 groups. The first group consisted of elderly individuals who had diabetes; the second group consisted of healthy elderly people; and the third group was another group of healthy elderly people. The first two groups were required to view a 20-minute humorous video, before completing a memory test that measured their visual recognition, learning ability and memory recall. The third group was also asked to complete the memory test, however, they didn’t get to watch the humorous video instead they sat calmly for 20 minutes. In addition to the memory test, all three groups were given a saliva test designed to analyze stress hormones.

What were the results?