Question

How to improve your memory 1. We all use memory in the same way.
2. We learn to use our memory as soon as we are born.
3. There are two different forms of memorisation.
4. We are taught how to improve our memory in history lessons.
5. Writing shopping lists can improve your memory.
6. Teaching helps us to memorise.
7. We can train our brains to be more effective.
8. We can only use one image at a time as an aid to memorization.
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Mary: I'd like to welcome Charles Long to the studio today. Charles has just published an article in
New Science journal about memorisation. It's all about how to make our memory function better.
Charles, exam time is looming and there'll be lots of teenagers tuning in today. Can you give us
some advice about improving our ability to memorise?
Charles: Hello! Yes, of course. I'd like to start by talking about the process of memorisation. It's
vital that we understand the process if we want to make adjustments to the way we function. We all
use memory in the same way. It doesn't matter whether you're a student revising for your finals or
an adult standing in the aisle of a supermarket, trying to recall a particular item from a grocery list.
Mary: Ha ha! That's me. I always forget to take my list.
Charles: You and thousands of other people too, Mary. We learn to use our memory when we are
still at nursery school. Young children are naturally very good at working out how to remember
things. The tips I'm going to share today are based on the things we used to do to help us remember
when we were children. The process of memorisation occurs in two distinct forms. Do you know
what they are?
Mary: Are they “long-term memory' and 'short-term memory'?
Charles: That's right! But these aren't completely separate concepts. We use a combination of both
types of memory when we want to formulate our thoughts and recall information, whether we're

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