NEUROBICS by Masterpiece

Living™6-Week Memory Enhancement

Course

Stages of Memory

Unit One

Objectives

• Exploring aging and memory beliefs.

• Identifying the three stages of memory.

• Explaining why it may be difficult to

register information.

• Providing ways to exercise your mind.

• Easy to remember

• Easy to forget

Remembering & Forgetting

“Aging equals memory loss and there is nothing one can do about it.”

OR “Aging includes some changes in memory and with extra effort one can

enhance their memory.”

What Do You Believe?

Brain Myth #1

You Can’t Change Your Brain

Plasticity and the Changing Brain

• Neuroplasticity: is the changing of neurons and the organization of their networks and so they function by experience.

• Neurogenesis: Nerve growth and

development.

•3 Stages in Remembering:

- Registering - Retaining

- Retrieving

Basic Principals of How Memory Works

Registering

•Attitude

•Interest

•Attention

•Organization

AttitudeDesire & Self-confidence

InterestHow Important is it?

AttentionConcentration & The 5 Senses

OrganizationAssociation and Familiarity

Reasons Information May be Difficult to Register

1. Lack of self-confidence in ability to remember

2. Boredom, no intention of paying attention to trivial info

3. Distraction, not paying attention

4. Impaired vision or hearing

Reasons Information May be Difficult to Register

5. Difficulty concentrating

6. Difficulty summarizing information into effective clues

7. Difficulty linking new info with what is known

Retaining

• Short-term memory (STM):

– Forgotten in ~ 30 seconds unless rehearsed

– STM is easily disrupted with limited capacity

Retaining

• Long-term memory (LTM):

– Declarative

– Procedural

Retrieving

Recall– Searching for specific info

– Reproducing the info

Example: What is the Capital of Vermont? __________________

Retrieving

• Recognition– Selecting what you already know

from the information presented

• Example: What is the capital of Vermont?

A. Brattleboro

B. Montpelier

C. Rutland

D. Cabot

Successful Retrieval Using Recall & Recognition

Occurs when: 1. “The information is registered

well”

2. “It is stored efficiently”3. “It is found when you need it”

Let’s Recall!

3 “R”s of Remembering

Registering Retaining RetrievingAttitude LTM Recall

Interest STM Recognition

Attention Rehearsal

Organization

Memory Analogies

• Conveyor belt

• Desktop

• Can you think of one?

Neurobics = Exercising Your Mind!

How?

•Learning to play a musical instrument•Playing Scrabble® •Doing cross word puzzles•Making new friends•Starting a new hobby•Learning a foreign language•Volunteering•Staying informed about world events•Taking Classes

30 Second Game

“Brain Work”

• Learning to play a musical instrument• Playing Scrabble® • Doing cross word puzzles• Making new friends• Starting a new hobby• Learning a foreign language• Volunteering• Staying informed about world events• Taking Classes