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Create semantic memory
Semantic memory is memory for facts and information.
Too much stress can impact your ability to form and retrieve memories. For example, you study for an exam and know the information, then you go for the test, but because you're stressed and you're nervous, you can't remember a thing. You can't retrieve the information.
We can help our memory by creating associations that are meaningful, emotional, surprising, and new. We should also write things down.
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Context matters
Memories are best retrieved if the context of retrieval matched the context when the memory was formed.
If I'm studying for a test while listening to Mozart, burning a lavender-scented candle, and eating Sour Patch gummy bears, I will recall that information better on the t...
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Self-testing helps to remember information
When you need to remember information for a test or presentation, you can try to hammer the information into your head or you can flip it and also try to retrieve the information as you're learning it.
When we try to put the information in, it travels one ...
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Space out studying
When you're studying, you need to space out the studying rather than limiting it to one timeframe.
For example, if you have seven hours to study for an exam that is in one week, do one hour a day rather than all seven hours the day before.
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Lifestyle Changes That Can Improve Memory
- Get a good night's sleep or take a power nap after learning something new, to help retain and retrieve memories better. Sleep deprivation and acquisition of too much information will not help you save those memories.
- Get moving, to improve the flow of oxygen-rich blood ...
Unhealthy habits caused by stress
- Emotional eating: Excess nervous energy can cause you to eat more than necessary.
- Eating "accessible" or fast food: When stressed, we often eat what is readily available, which is often unhealthy options—for example, eating fast-food instead o...
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