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5 reasons learning and memory are not about intelligence
Average people remember things that supposed smart people forget Happy Memories Our educations system and a lot of parent’s efforts to help their children learn are misguided. Somewhere along the line...
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How many senses do you use? Mindfulness and memory
A mindfulness exercise for all the senses to improve mental efficiency and memory Most people rely on one or two senses to do all the work. How many do you routinely use? Memory Fountain One reason...
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How did you know that? When and where we learn things matters.
You know you know something but can’t remember why Try to Remember Lately I am having this problem more and more. How about you? And no it is not just about age. Seems that preschoolers have this same...
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What is confabulation? Relationship to false memories and...
Confabulation, Wernicke-Korsakoff’s syndrome and false memories Alcoholism Confabulation is sometimes called “honest lying” because the person telling the tale actually believes that it is true despite...
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5 things you need to ask yourself about mistakes to avoid making them again
Why your brain may be hiding things from you Happy Future The theme of this blog is recovery and having a happy life. But we can’t create that happy life by hiding from the pain of the past. No...
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We remember the unique not the ordinary – memory is about choices
The tale of an alligator dinner Unique events make a deep impression and are stored more deeply, more thoroughly in our brains. Common everyday events pass us by with barely a second glance. Humans are...
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6 Reasons why you can’t make up your mind – Doubt and uncertainty fog memory
Reasons why your indecision harms your memory There are reasons why you may not be able to make up your mind. When there is an emotional storm going on in your mind it is difficult to make a clear...
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Learning to hear – Do you need to relearn?
Who taught you to hear? Hearing (Photo credit: Keturah Stickann) Most of us think of hearing as something you are born with, no need to learn how to hear. Hearing can become more useful when it is...
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Why worry may not be a bad thing
Do you worry too much or too little? Worried! (Photo credit: photoloni) Self-help books and common wisdom tend to equate worry and anxiety. It would appear that the two are not the same thing and that...
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Why your partner thinks you said things you know you didn’t say
False Memories – What we remember about things others say can depend on our mood Two men go out to dinner with their dates. Let’s call them Bob and Sam. Bob goes home sure that his date did not like...
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Ways to increase your attention without drugs
By David Joel Miller There are things you can do to improve your attention span besides taking medication. This digital age has resulted in a radical reduction in attentions spans. Adults average just...
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5 Easy ways to get better grades.
By David Joel Miller. Learn the secrets of the A students. If you have struggled in school you may have concluded that getting good grades was beyond your reach. Today more than ever education is...
View ArticleI got lost again – inside my house
By David Joel Miller. Wandering again. Several times this last week I have gotten lost without even leaving my own house. My roommate describes this as “wandering.” She tells me I wander around the...
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