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S
A Guide to
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Keeping Your
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Memory
SHARP
Carol Donlon
Colorado State University
Agenda
• How memory works
• What affects memory
• How to keep memory
SHARP
• SHARP Review
• SHARP Toss / action plan
How Memory Works
Perception
• Sensory
(milliseconds)
Encoding
• Short-term
• Working
(seconds,
Attention
<1 minute)
• Long-term
(days,
months,
years)
Retrieval?
How to retrieve?
What Affects Memory
• Sleep
• Attention
• Stress
• Intention
• Dehydration
• Relevance
• Diet
• Depression
• Alcohol
• B12 Deficiency
• Medication
• Organization
• Health
• Beliefs
Stimulate brain through
mental exercise:
Games:
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Cards
Board games
Memory games
Puzzles
Change Routine:
- Hair & teeth brushing
with opposite hand
- New path on walk or
drive home
Learn:
- Interest course
- Musical instrument
- New hobby
- New language
- Craft
- New recipe
- How to book
The
engine of
life
Healthy Body/Brain
• Fuel
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Nutrition
• Tuned-up
-
Activity
• Maintenance -
Stress
Management
Nutrition for your
Brain
• Drink 8 glasses of water
• Fruit, veggies, fiber
• Omega 3’s
• Limit saturated fat
• Whole grains
• Reduce inflammatory
foods
• Select from power foods
Activity
What physical activity do you
want to try?
How can you fit extra activity in
to your regular routine?
Stress Damages
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Memory
Concentration
Distorted thinking
Poor time management
Irritability
Insomnia
Low resistance to colds
• Coronary, circulatory &
respiratory disorders
• Headaches
• Poor energy level
• Aches & pains
• Anxiety
• Depression
Stress Management
What can you do
to manage stress?
Aid Memory
- Pay attention
- Organize yourself
- Write it down
- Associations
- Rehearse
Aid Memory:
Chunking
Acronym
Rhyme or jingle
Visual image
Acrostic / Sentence
Method of loci
Science says Socialize
- Slows memory decline
- Can prevent memory decline
- Less likely to develop dementia
- Enhances well being
Stimulate it
Healthy body
Aid it
Relate
Positive outlook
Attitude
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more
important than the past, than education, than money, than
circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other
people think or say or do. It is more important than
appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a
company... a church... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day
regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We
cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that
people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the
inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one
string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced
that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react
to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
Charles Swindoll
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What will you
take home?