How to Improve your Memory

Most of us can lose our train of thought midway through a sentence but when you're a stand-up comic (单口相声演员) , it can cause disaster— as comedian Billy Connolly knows. The 70-year-old Scot admitted the fact last week, and he now suffers from worrying about memory loss on stage.．His wife Pamela owes it to years of drinking in his early career.

But absent-mindedness is not just about "senior moments", says neurop sychologist Dr Iddon. "In a recent study of healthy adults, the average number of memory slips, like putting the coffee jar in the fridge, was around six per week, regardless of age, sex and intelligence," says Dr Iddon. "" Remembering is an active process and making the most of your memory involves paying better attention, planning and organising.

⒈Exercise more.

Several studies have shown that exercise is particularly good at improving memory. Exercise is also thought to encourage the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus — an area of the brain important in memory and learning.

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So if a joke is learned in the presence of a particular smell, that same smell may arouse the memory for that joke." More simply, when in an exam, I advise my students to imagine the place in which they were revising as a reminder," says Andrew Johnson, memory specialist and lecturer in psychology.

⒊Drink more milk.

Scientists asked 972 people to fill in detailed surveys on their diets and to complete eight difficult tests to check their concentration, memory and learning abilities

A. Learn more jokes.

B. Connect the memory with the environment.

C. To make matters worse, sometimes he cannot remember his lines.

D. In fact, it was the younger, busier people that were the most absent-minded.

E. Luckily, there are some strategies to help you avoid those embarrassing moments.

F. The best way to strengthen a memory is to go through the information before sleep.

G. Adults who often consumed dairy products did far better in memory tests compared with those who rarely did.