Improve your Memory
What did I come up here to get?
What was that list of things I had to get done?
Who is this person I'm talking to and when did I meet them?
Need help with your memory?
A range of tools will be introduced to help you improve
your memory. For most people the problem is not remembering something,
it is inputting the information initially.
We need to pay attention to details and connect them to other information
already stored to make it readily accessible.
The session will give people practise with using a range
of simple mnemonic techniques, many of which were developed 2000 years
ago when the Romans used them to help remember their speeches.
A brief introduction to theories of how and why people remember and forget
will be given.
Most of the session will focus on practical techniques to help improve
your memory.
Aim: To introduce and practise a range of techniques to help reinforce memories that you need to store and recall.
Objectives:
This session will help participants to:
• Understand the causes of forgetting;
• Improve recall of information you want to remember;
• Introduce and practise mnemonic techniques including association
of an idea with a location, the use of the imagination to develop links
and stories and substitute words and phrases for foreign words and names;
• Help remember names and match them to people.
“I found
the techniques very useful,
in particular I’m going to practise memorising names and faces”
“Easy supportive atmosphere that made this fun and helpful“
