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Memory Improvement Interview with Kathyrn Kilpatrick, M.A.

January 29th, 2009
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I was very impressed with this recent interview with Kathyrn Kilpatrick on memory improvement – it covers so many aspects of memory skills and function that I contacted her for her ‘ok’ to share it with my readers.  Thankfully she agreed!

Kathyrn is a Geriatric Communication Consultant, Memory Fitness Specialist but her bio starts with her training as a Speech and Language Pathologist.  She talks more about herself in the interview.

But the real value here is the content on memory.  I’m sure you’ll love it.  Just click the link below to get the free MP3 to listen to.  Let me know what you think!

memory-fitness-what-you-need-to-know – MP3 download

oh – and if you like listening to memory improvement advice on audio, you’ll love Memory On Fire too.

You can learn more about Kathryn at

http://www.connectionsincommunication.com/pages/home.htm

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Brain Facts – Jan 09

January 24th, 2009
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memory_improvementSome interesting facts you might be interested in

- The human brain, with roughly 100 billion neurons, can be equated to a computer with a 1,000,000,000,000 bit per second processor.  Even more fascinating:  by 2020, computers will be able to do this (according to Moore’s Law which has proven quite accurate in predicting how computer speeds will increase over time).

- The brain is not sensitive to pain, even though it processes pain signals.

- It only takes one week of learning to juggle in order for your brain structure to change.  This is more evidence that the brain keeps growing.

- The amygdala – where intense, personal, long-term memories are stored – is also the place where fear is processed.

- Hyperthymestic Syndrome is a rare condition of a memory that is actually too good.  Exemplified by Jill Price, the condition doesn’t mean you remember everything, and is different than a “photographic memory”.  In Price’s case, she remembers every event in your life.

- Your brain uses less power than your refrigerator light!  In a day, it only uses a bout 12 watts of power (the same as contained in two large bananas).

- Although the brain is only 3 per cent of the body’s weight, it consumes 17 percent of the body’s total energy.

- Frequent jet lag can damage memory.  Because stress hormones are released during jet lag, they damage temporal lobe and memory.

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Having a Great Memory Between The Ages of 20 and 50

January 2nd, 2009
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memory-youngPeople aged 20 to 50 often talk about the need for a ‘good’ memory
but what actually constitutes a ‘good’ memory? You could for
example remember the exact minute that the bus turned up on a
particular day or the exact time that you started eating your lunch
yesterday but are these memories really that helpful when you can’t
remember where you left your house keys last night?

Most people are happy to remember the important things in their
life and aren’t looking to develop a ‘super’ memory or a
photographic mind. So the basic goal of most 20 to 50 year olds
must be to remember what they need to remember and if they forget
the rest then it’s no big loss.

So what do you need to remember?
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-    Important facts to do with your day to day life. For example you
need to remember your PIN number, your passwords to various
internet sites, your mobile phone number and so on. You don’t
however need to remember the phone number of local Chinese or the
closing time of the nearest supermarket as this information is
publicly available and easily found.
-    The important people in your life. You should try to remember
likes and dislikes, personal preferences, facts about their lives
that are interesting and other such stuff.
-    Information relating to your job. It doesn’t matter whether you
work in an office, on a building site or in a factory, there are
going to be things about your job that you need to remember for
everybody’s safety.

Obviously there are thousands of things that happen each day which
you can afford to forget – unless you want to develop your memory
abilities by training your brain to remember everything that
occurs. Some people have been known to do this and in isolated
cases their ‘super’ memories have bought them success, wealth and
even fame. If this appeals to you then there are hundreds of
training programs available today which claim to be able to teach
you how to remember names and faces, number sequences and even the
value of pi to 1000 decimal places. You can also buy herbal
remedies that are thought to stimulate the brain and aid in the
memory process.

At some point though, human memory begins to diminish and this is a
fear that most people have today, regardless of their current age.
It isn’t unusual for people to sit there trying to remember
something that they knew weeks before, only to struggle with the
answer. The ‘tip of the tongue’ syndrome affects us all at some
point and shouldn’t be taken as a sign of impending memory loss.

So what does it mean to have a good memory?

As long as you can remember the things that are important to you
and the way you run your daily life then that’s all you need.
Everything else is a bonus that can be retained through brain
training and other memory improving methods. If you decide you want
to improve your memory for later in life then that is what you
should do however most people manage to get by quite adequately
with just the basics.
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Human Brain Memory