The fact that a bad memory - the lot of the elderly, no more than a myth. It turns out that forgetfulness is justified in both 25 and 40 years. What are the causes of distraction? How to develop the ability to store information? We will talk about why we forget the keys at the door and give 6 tips on how to pump memory.
Bad memory is not always bad.
American scientists Paul Frankland and Blake Richards Ravel, studying the memory of animals and people, came to an interesting discovery. It turns out that the better a person’s memory is, the harder it is for him to make a decision and give unequivocal answers. The fact is that such people remember all the pros and cons, they are in constant weighting of trifles, comparison of facts.
Scientists summed up: well, when the brain forgets unnecessary information and focuses on important things. As it turned out, the "technical" information is best stored in gadgets, and in your head to leave room for pleasant memories.
Accordingly, it is easier for those who forget unnecessary details to adapt in a new environment, to adapt to unexpected conditions.
Bad memory: what to do
Find out the reasons
There are several reasons for forgetfulness. It is advisable to find one’s own, one that interferes with organization, and eliminate it.
- Rush.If we do not have time, the brain works in the "faster-faster" mode. Fuss leads to the fact that the wallet remains at home, the keys in the door, and yesterday's task of the chief is not fulfilled. What to do in this situation? Never rush, concentrate on the most important.
- Chronic lack of sleep, overwork.Many live 24/7. I want to be successful, develop, meet with friends, have time for everything. But time, as always, is not enough ... Then we kidnap several night hours. This is fundamentally wrong, because at night the body must rest, recover. If only a couple of hours could be repaired, it’s not worth hoping that the report will be read successfully without a leaflet.
- Bad habits.Smoking, alcohol abuse and other bad habits affect short-term memory. So, leaving the hotel and lighting up increases the probability of forgetting the way to a new place to sleep.
- Stress and anxiety.Intense mental state is characterized by a certain obsession. A person wants to remember, but he cannot, because all the forces are spent by the body on experiencing negative emotions, on fighting depression or conflicts.
See a doctor
About any deterioration in health, it is desirable to talk to a doctor. Specialists of a narrow profile will give specific recommendations, will offer all sorts of examinations to determine whether a person needs medical intervention or not. Independently buy vitamins or other dietary supplements is undesirable.
Use folk remedies
It is difficult to say whether it is possible to solve memory problems using folk methods. But worse from some just will not. Exhausted organism always needs recharging. Herbalists advise drinking an infusion of sage leaves or mint, apple and grapefruit fresh juices. Healing properties attributed to blueberries, recommending to use the berry in any form. It also improves vision.
Tune in to positive
If it comes to the realization that there are problems with memory, in no case can not be upset. They really have all. But to overcome the shortcomings can only those who are tuned to a positive, allows self-irony, ready to work on themselves.
Complex approach to the solution
To overcome forgetfulness, exercise is not enough. If the diet does not have the necessary micronutrients, sleep does not exceed five hours a day, there is at least some mode, it will be difficult to change anything.
When the brain is under constant stress, it is not ready to accept information. It is possible to adjust its activity only in a calm and measured rhythm of life. You also need to exclude smoking, alcohol and other bad habits.
To recover memory
There are many programs, techniques and techniques to improve the ability to memorize. Of course, you will not be able to acquire phenomenal abilities, but you can achieve results. It is worth choosing exercises based on the individual characteristics of perception - visual, auditory, sensory, and so on. That is, it is easier for someone to fix the data, associating them associatively, someone needs to write, talk to someone.
The gadget can also help - there are many interesting programs that are specially designed for those who want to improve attention by eliminating memory problems.
Memory problems at different ages: what are required
20 years
By the age of 25, our brain is working as productively as possible. Its weight reaches its maximum value - about 1, 4 kg.
Twenty-five years easier to remember, and then keep in your head the names, phone numbers, complex formulas. Statistics say one out of seven young people complain about a bad memory. Psychologists call the reasons: the desire to have time for everything and at once, the simultaneous use of several gadgets - the hippocampus, the brain department in which fresh memories are formed, "does not turn on". Simultaneous use of the tablet, computer and phone leads us to distraction.
30 years
At this age, the cause of poor memory is the loss of synoptic connections between neurons. Every 10 years our brain shrinks by 2%. Now, to learn a new language or learn a new craft, it will take more time.
Many thirty-year-old women become mothers and feel the effects of the phenomenon of "encephalopathy of a pregnant woman". Its essence lies in the sharp "stupidity" of the active modern woman. The phenomenon is temporary, as it is based on a hormonal storm. Brettford scientists compared how pregnant women and women remember in their normal state. The first had obvious memory problems. They lasted 3 more months after giving birth, and then they were disengaged.
40 years
If we forget the pin-code of a credit card at the age of 40, do not be upset - this is normal.
An interesting study was conducted at the Mayo Clinic in America. It was attended by about 1,200 participants aged 30 to 95 years. It turns out that memory begins to weaken on the forty-year threshold. If you do not train the ability to memorize, neural connections are actively weakened to 65 years, and then it becomes even more difficult to extract information.
50 years
By fifty years, the prefrontal cortex changes, where the necessary information is stored. As a result, a person does not remember why he went to the kitchen and when his younger grandson has a birthday. At the same time, he can participate in intellectual contests, recall quotes, interesting facts.
It has been proven that men reach the peak of their ability to extract information from memory by the age of 55. Women - to 60, which is associated with menopause.
60 years
Now it’s hard to remember the right name or to restore the chronological sequence of events of your own life. The reason for absent-mindedness lies in the loss of communication between different areas of the brain. Information remained, but to find it, to connect, it becomes more difficult.
Do not worry, bad memory in 60 is not a deviation, but rather a regularity. The main thing is that the interlocutors do not interrupt. The more we are distracted, the harder it is to remember at least something.
At the University of California, a study was conducted that established a pattern: it is difficult for older people not to respond to distractions. Therefore, the logical chain of their narration is often lost.
70 years old
Of the 10 words just read, most 70-year-olds can repeat only half, while 25-year-olds usually reproduce 9.
According to the London psychology professor Martin Conway, bad memory can be hidden by acquired experience or acquired knowledge. To determine the level of forgetfulness can only special tests. It is proved that the visual perception of reality is deteriorating by 30%, therefore in a new locality it is better to trust the navigator. Interestingly, in 70 years it is much easier to remember the events of youth, than what was eaten at breakfast yesterday.
80 years
At this age, almost everyone has memory problems, but the Alzheimer's Society is encouraging - only one in 6 people suffer from dementia.
You rarely meet a person who would not claim that he has a bad memory. But not many people are ready to change their lifestyle in order to improve it. Distraction has a reason. If forgetfulness is tired, it's time to change the way of life and train the brain. And if not, reassure yourself with the results of the research: memory problems are not always bad.
