How To Increase Short Term Memory

Sharpening Your Memory

Self Help

Think of your mind as a blizzard. During the blizzard, information is tossed about. During the blizzard, new information coming along is blown away in the storm and scattered all around. Realize that the scattered information is blown in a local facility and if you wander around after the storm, you can find the information lost.

Now you can run down to the local Tasty Freeze and pick up a snow cone while you learn how to sharpen the short-term memory. Now you should feel comfortable, knowing that at what time it blizzards you will need to be resting in a warm environment. As you would pamper self during a blizzard to keep from freezing, or starving, also prepare and pamper your mind before learning or beginning the sharpen the short-term memory process.

The mind works best at what time it is relaxed. As stressors are low, the mind can process at the speed it works best at. In other words, stress only clouds the mind and it becomes blurring, since the blizzard storm in your mind has little room to see clearly.

What else can we do to sharpen the mind? Now that you are enjoying that snow cone, we can move onto previewing. As I studied the mind, and how to sharpen the mind, I learnt that preview is second best to inspiration. If you don't have inspiration, you will hinder the mind from growing and learning.

Previewing is the process of preparing. Previews for instance are sneak previews into an entire scene. For instance, as you watch commercials on television presenting new and upcoming movies you get a preview. This tells you right away if the movie is something, you want to watch or leave alone. Unfortunately, studying doesn't permit you the option of deciding if you want to read or not. Therefore, preview your information first before probing into the learning process.

Hope you are bundled up next to a nice warm fire, especially if a blizzard is hitting your area. After you preview information, you will need to probe into the study. I am assuming that you are sharpening the mind to learn and grow, rather than to recall memories. Either way you can use the strategies to go any direction you choose. To help you prepare for previewing we can consider a list of states, and a trapper.

Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Denver
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana

Preview the list. You will notice that all but one from the list is states, while the other is a city in Colorado. After previewing the list, probe into studying the list so that you become acquainted with the order in which the list is written. After reading the list, review the list so that it registers in the short-term memory. Now repeat the list. Recite the list. Review the list again and cover the list to see if you can recite the list entirely in order. Starting with Alabama break down the list by reciting the alphabet, you will notice the states and city is listed in this order.

As you continue following the steps in sharpen the short-term memory you will soon recite each state in the US without a problem. Practice is essential as well as preparing to learn. If you clear up that blizzard in your mind, you will have plenty of room to learn, grow, and sharpen the mind.

Now try doing the same with the following list and gradually work to name each state and city listed in this article.

Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louisville
Maine
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana