MAGNESIUM FOR MEMORY IMPROVEMENT!

                                 MAGNESIUM FOR MEMORY IMPROVEMENT


Due to lack of memory exercises, our memory power keeps degrading not even in old age but also in young generation. The main theme for memory development is "USE IT OR LOSE IT", if we keep using our memory, it gets strengthened day per day. This is one of the reason why old peoples are complaining about memory loss.But, with a latest research published in "neuron" magazine, if adequate amount of magnesium is taken, memory power as well as congnitive abilities also increases.


This research was done in Peching Sinhwya University, Center for learning and memory by the team of Professor, Guosong Leu. They had taken mice as the medium for this research. After the investigation, they came to conclude that, increasing magnesium in diet can leads to good memory power, as they have increased this element in mice. According to research, its very necessary to have magnesium intake in food but its hard to increase the concentration of magnesium in brain with traditional methods. Therefore, the team had developed a magnesium compound known as "magnesium and threonites".


When taken in proper amount with food, this compound can increase the level of magnesium in brain. Prof. Leu says, while increasing the level of magnesium in brain, memory of old mice had also increased significantly. To control the amount of magnesium, mice were given normal foods as usual, only the level of magnesium was increased.
Apart of this analysis, human does have various tools to increase memory and concentration. People remember things according to their personality types and traits. We should always be inclined to live with stress, strain, anxiety and frustration. We can not ignore them but can manage them.
                                                                      

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MEMORY TECHNIQUES

                    Memory Techniques for Holding Information In Brain

There are lots of memory techniques but all are not applicable always. In this post i am going to define some secrets on how to hold information in the brain.



 Perception
The mental pictures ( or percepts as psychologists call them) which we form of our surroundings have two main components:


(a) the material fed into the mind from the sense organs which constitutes the content of our percepts;
(b) the past experiences, interests, values, desires, etc., present in our minds which act as an interpreting device for our percepts.


For example, consider a dissection of a rabbit being viewed by a number of people. The material picked up by their eyes (i.e. (a) above) is more or less the same for all of them. How they interpret what they see will vary according to the differences suggested in (b) above.
(i) a small child might see it as dull and useless;
(ii) its mother might be revolted at the spectacle;
(iii) its father might be morbidly interested to get some idea of what a human being is like inside;
(iv) a student just starting biology might marved at what he sees but be overwhelmed by the wealth of information before him;
(v) an experienced student can be selective, see systems and recognize organs at a glance; to him organization is clear and important points stand out;
(vi) an expert or vet. can at once see variations from normal and can probably imagine their origin and effects.


From this is follows that each new experience we have is not interpreted only according to its own content but also according to our attitudes, interests and understanding of the material. In order to increase efficiency in study it is necessary to perceive clearly, accurately and slectively. Students should therefore get the following points clearly in mind.


(a) give themselves as many of the right sort of experiences as possible, i.e, read widely, practice techniques, discuss their subjects with other people. Remember that the more one knows of a subject, the clearer one;s perspective and the easier and more accurate one's selection;
(b) develop a scientific attitude in all they do. This consists basically of attacking problems in an analytical way, looking for evidence and demanding proof. It involves constantly making a conscious effort to overcome personal prejudice and to attempt to establish the truth by clear reasoning and, where possible, by experiment;
(c) adapt their values and interests to the demands of the disc discipline in which they are working.
These are some of the memory techniques for holding information to the brain. More tips will be available in another post.

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Permanent Memory in brief!!

                                              LONG TERM MEMORY
While talking about memory once again, i wanna mention about long term memory or permanent memory ( semantic memory- relating to meaning in language or logic or store of general world knowledge).
   
                                               Recognition and Recall
There are mainly two ways we access our memory: recognition and recall.
Recognition is the type of memory retrieval when we are provided the information in memory (example: options are given). All we need to do is the double check that we've seen it before. It mainly includes: familiar feeling, matching, multiple choice,Objective Question and answer, true/false or recognizing someone you know by his/her face.
Recall is the type when you have to retrieve information from your memory bank by self, no options are given. For instance, recognizing a person you already know is recognition and getting name from your memory bank is recall i.e.getting info. regarding certain time period like where you were when Saddam Hussein was hanged , fill in the blanks in exams etc.

Recognition involves a process of comparison of information with memory and recall involves a search of memory self the the comparison process when something is found.

                                              SOME FACTS OF LONG TERM MEMORY
When we fail to retrieve information from our brain, we know that condition as retrieval failure or commonly we are forgetting. One common type of this failure is Tip-of-tongue phenomena i.e. you know the meaning of word, or the answer of query, but you can't retrieve what it is. You know the person's face, his work, his home even his telephone number but not the name. Simply, every details are in the tip of tongue but not the important part  by which we are attached to someone or something. This is because of not registering the data properly in the brain or encoding it well. So, to get rid of this condition, all we need to do is concentrate on the thing or person fully like when you meet someone for the first time, get his name clearly, talk to him saying his name with tone, search if his name got any meaning, search if his name is familier with the one whom you know well and associate him with the one you know, see his name in his forhead writing in colorful letters and feel it. Now, if you encode something with this small effort, its rare that you forget the next time you meet him.This is just a simple step to encode something in long term memory.

                                                    WHY DO WE FORGET?
There are various reasons by which we forget some are:
1) Fading of the contents or date over time ( trace decay)
2) Data Interference ( old information being overlayed by new)
3) Lack of retrieval cues (absence of codes or keys to retrieve information)
4) Dilution of information while registering.
5) Disinterest regarding that topic or subject matter.
6) Lack of concentration while registering.
7) Mental Stress, anxiety.
8) Lack of repetition.

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