{"id":264,"date":"2019-01-16T12:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T11:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/time\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2019-01-16T12:47:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T11:47:32","slug":"tips-for-improving-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/time2site\/tips-for-improving-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Improving Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memory is the ability to recall past experience and knowledge. It can be classified into different types of memory:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short-term memory (STM) &#8211; which deals with information that has been remembered over a period of a few minutes<\/li>\n<li>Long-term memory (LTM) &#8211; which deals with information that is to be remembered for a longer period than this<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we want to remember things, the information is brought back from long-term memory to short term memory; this process is called retrieval.<\/p>\n<p>Difficulties with remembering things can be due to problems with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recording the memory in the first place (encoding)<\/li>\n<li>Storing information in memory (storage)<\/li>\n<li>Recovering information from LTM (retrieval)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Memory problems sometimes reflect difficulties of other kinds, like sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression, attentional problems and language problems.<\/p>\n<p>People with epilepsy commonly complain about memory problems, some of the difficulties people can experience are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forgetting to do something<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting names<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting where you put something<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting what people tell you<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting how to get somewhere<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting what you are reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simple strategies may help overcome these difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Possible ways of adapting to living with memory problems are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Following a set routine<\/li>\n<li>Adapting your surroundings<\/li>\n<li>Using &#8220;mnemonics&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Improving your general well-being<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is often helpful to combine several strategies to enhance your memory in the event that one fails, you can rely on another as back-up. For example, you could use both a calendar and an alarm to remind you to go to an appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/time\/tips-for-improving-memory\/key-memory-tips\/\">Key memory tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/time\/tips-for-improving-memory\/remembering-where\/\">Remembering where<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/time\/remembering-to-do\/\">Remembering to do<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memory is the ability to recall past experience and knowledge. 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