Exercises For Short Term Memory: Keep Your Brain In Shape
We all know that it is important to get exercise to keep our bodies in good health, but what most of us don’t know is that our brains also can get the same kind of benefit by doing mental exercises. Like a muscle, your brain must receive a workout from time to time to keep fit. You can keep your brain in shape by doing some of these exercises for short term memory.
For instance, we might use short term memory to remember phone number s just long enough to dial it or to remember the names of the people we are meeting just once. Short term memory is quickly cleared out so that we have more space, and to rid our mind of information that we deem unimportant, but you’ll find that with exercises that you can make your short term memory hold more information and hold it in such a way as to make it more useful.
The Peek A Boo Picture Game
The picture game, which is a lot like the game we play with children called “peek a boo” asks you to look at a picture. It can be from a book or a magazine or any other source where the picture will stay the same. Look at it for a few seconds and then look away.
Using a pen and paper, try to write down every detail you can about that picture. Then, look at the picture again. Did you get everything right? Did you get some details wrong? By doing this over and over, you will work your short term memory and this will increase your capacity for holding information. This is a fun exercise for short term memory and it’s one the entire family can play.
Audio Exercises
Just like the picture game, you can use audio clips to help exercise your short term memory. You can use anything at all. You can use a top ten countdown on the radio, you can use talk radio, anything at all. However, make sure you can rewind whatever you’re using so that you can go back and check your work.
Try to remember all the details you can by writing them down after the clip is over. Then, rewind and see how many details you got right. By practicing over and over, you will increase your short term memory power and this will increase your ability to remember things you hear.
These are just two of the games that you can play that will help you keep your short term memory in shape, and you’ll find that they can be played anywhere, at any time. This is instrumental towards keeping your memory healthy and to helping you hold on to information.