Memory Management

1 day

Description

Are you feeling overwhelmed with the amount of information you are required to remember?  Are you wasting valuable time backtracking and forgetting?  We will explore how the brain learns and remembers (and why it doesn’t) and how to apply the most up-to-date brain research to your very busy, information-overloaded life!  Through developing a high performance memory, you can build your confidence and professionalism and increase your productivity.

Outline/Table of Contents

Memory Mechanics

   Basic architecture of the brain

   How the brain receives & processes information

   Characteristics of working (short-term) memory

   Characteristics of long-term memory

   Why we remember

   Why we forget

Memory Influences

   Work & learning environments

   Stress & emotions

   Nutrition & exercise

   Aging

   Internal & external motivation

Memory Toolbox & Applications

   Mnemonics

   Remembering lists

   Remembering names & faces

   Remembering newly learned information

   Memory enhancing study strategy

   Top memory aids