Increasing memory performance through strategies
There are things we can do to obtain an immediate increase in our memory performance. Sometimes they involve using a tool, and sometimes they involve creating a mind-set. For an interesting analysis of mind-sets, check-out the site in the Notes below.
Strategy Tools for Memory: The tool perhaps most known to students is the time-honored custom of taking notes.
In view of the sharp decline of short-term memory curve, it seems we are all at great risk for remembering little of class lectures, if not the whole semester of classes.
But because we write notes that provide details and trigger other memories by association, we are able to retain a lot more information from these experiences than would normally be the case.
NOTES: Here is some information on mnemonic devices.