Memory Exercises Part 1
Using The Vivid Environment

These Memory Exercises will help you train your abilities in the three fundamental areas of memory function.

As you develop aptitude in one area, you will in turn find other areas easier to achieve growth in.

Each set of exercises is tailored to one specific key principle and will help you enhance that particular area.

Part 1 will deal with the vivid environment and how you can create memories that will be easy to access.

If you have read the article on memory improvement then you will understand that the vivid environment plays an enormous part in your ability to utilize maximum memory function.

The first of these memory exercises is designed to get you creating vivid images that will imprint themselves on your memory, making recall easier and retention a simpler process.


The first of the Memory Exercises we will use for designing vivid images is Rhyme theming.

Let's say that you meet someone named Reese James, you can then use rhyme theming to make rhymes of Reese James that will make his name a more vivid imprint in your name.

Reese James - You could think of:

*Police Games

*Grease Frames

*Fleece Names

Any of these rhymes will help you associate the name Reese James with a vivid thought.

Let's try another name - Sam Weathers

Sam Weathers - You could think of:

*Jam Feathers

*Ham Leathers

*Clam Heathers

You Should definitely try this one when someone is introduced to you and you need to know their name.


Here is a Memory exercise to try called Sensory Theming

This is all about using your senses to create a vivid imprint.

Let's say you need to remember to purchase flour when you are at the shopping center, you will use all your senses to create a vivid memory.

Smell

Imagine the smell of flour making dough and then the smell of fresh baked bread.

Taste

Imagine the taste of licking the spoon that stirred the cookie dough and how it was fantastic.

Sight

Imagine the sight of flour pouring into the bowl and the mess flour makes all over the bench and the floor.

Sound

Imagine the sound of flour getting milled in a factory and imagine the sound of stirring the pancake mix round and round.

Touch

Imagine the feeling of flour sticking to your fingers and the dough being hard to wash off.

By creating a whole range of sensory feelings you increase the likely hood of recalling such vivid feelings and remembering the "flour".

Another one of the Memory Exercises we will explore is Emotional Theming.

Attaching emotional reverence to something we want to memorize will help to increase the chances of later recall.

Let's say we want to remember that our partners birthday is the 28th of June, we would apply emotional themes to that date:

Happiness

You can think of June as a happy month and of the number 28 as the happy number. Every time you think of June or 28 you can evoke powerful thoughts of happy images that will indent that date on your mind.

Love

You can think of June as the month of love or think of 28 love hearts. You may think of June as your partners nickname or think of 28 June bugs.

Sadness

Think about the devastation your loved one would feel if you forgot their birthday or how you would feel if it happened to you.


You can apply many emotional schemes to memorization, such as anger, fear, frustration, despair or others, but they should be relevant to the subject because using anger to remember a happy occasion may not produce optimum results.

Another one of the Memory Exercises worth trying is Intensity Theming.

When you intensify a thought you make the vivid component of your thought more intense and that makes for an easier future recall.

Let's say you meet some one name Darryl Carter and you want to apply intensity theming, you would look at Darryl Carter and create intense images and thoughts around his name.

You could use:

Intense Imagery

See Darryl Carter as ex President Jimmy Carter and focus on that thought. Every time you see Darryl Carter you will think of Jimmy carter and this will make remembering Darryl's name simpler.

Intense Reaction

You could think of Darryl Carter as a vampire and plant the seed of reaction in your mind. Every time you see him you will think "there's Darryl Carter the vampire".

Intense Color

You could associate Darryl with red and Carter with blue and think of red and blue Darryl Carter. When you see him you will think red and blue and then you will think red = Darryl and blue = Carter.

Intense Sound

You may think of Darryl as a loud screaming banshee and think of him screaming as everyone says quiet down Darryl Carter.

Placing intense themes around the things we want to memorize can help imprint them on our mind.




Creating a vivid environment to help remember things is one of the best memory exercises you can perform. Think back along your childhood and try to remember those things that weren't vivid and you'll see the power of creating a lasting image.

As a Solution to memory loss, exercising your memory is a great idea and you may even boost your IQ.

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