MemorY..ah yes I remember that……
WIGGLING your eyes from left to right helps to boost your memory…and it doesn’t cost a penny.
Scientists say the eye movement fires up both the left and right hemispheres of the brain at the same time.
The Easy Way To Boost Your Brain
And they believe this is the key to improving our ability to remember things like whether we locked
the front door or turned the oven off.Some research indicates that certain types of memory – for example what one did yesterday, or memory for a word in an experiment – are dependent upon interactions between the cerebral hemispheres.
Other experts suggest that bilateral eye movements may stimulate such interactions and thus influence memory.
If this is the case, then this type of work provides another line of evidence that the interaction between the cerebral hemispheres is important for successful memory.
Moving your eyes side to side improves memory?
With all the tennis I watch, you’d think I wouldn’t have this problem eh? Heh.
OK..What was I talking about..oh right…………..Memmmmmmmmmory.
Memory is not just another inconsequential intellectual skill. It is one of the most important ones of all. Why, you ask? Because it directly effects every one of the other intellectual processes.
But guess what?… Memory is one the easiest mental processes to improve and train. All is not lost.
Let’s be honest sweet friends.
Our magnificent universe offers an awesome abundance of sensory riches.
Trying to process, let alone remember this inundation of information for most of our paltry lil brains, is nearly impossible.
Luckily, Nature (God) has outfitteded us with mechanisms that restrict this flood of information, somewhat.
Some refer to this mechanism as: “attention”.
Hey you..are ya paying attention?
In other words, when we focus on a particular stimulus, we process it more comprehensively, and unknowingly, consign the rest of the stimuli (we are taking in) to a more superficial status. Kind of the way a flashlight focuses on something……
That is why we can only truly focus on one input at a time.
Multi tasking aside.
Try talkin on the phone and blogging at the same time. Heh.
Where is your ‘attention’?
Did the person on the other end finally summon up the courage to say..“Are you, by any chance on the computer…you seem..um..distracted.” Busted!
Sorry to say guys and dolls, but as we age, our attentional capabilities decline, as do other things…
Memory and concentration, like most things we don’t wish to lose– depend on getting enough rest, eating well, and staying healthy.
No offense but….we often forget things because we simply are not paying attention.
Ya still with me? heh.
Still in a fog?
Well, when all else fails, try wigglin your eyes side to side.
Now, Think fast: Where are your glasses and car keys huh?
Tryin to remember to send reminders to my non forgetful friends at The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary’s Thoughts, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, Right Truth, Shadowscope, Oblogatory Anecdotes, Stuck On Stupid, Cao’s Blog, Big Dog’s Weblog, The Amboy Times, Phastidio.net, Conservative Cat, Pursuing Holiness, Faultline USA, Nuke Gingrich, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Pirate’s Cove, and Wolf Pangloss, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
Remember when, I was young and so were you
And time stood still, and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other’s hearts
Remember when
Remember when, the sound of little feet was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we’d never give up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed old
Now lookin’ back, it’s just a steppin’ stone
To where we are, where we’ve been
Said we’d do it all again
Remember when
Remember when, we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won’t be sad, we’ll be glad
For all the life we’ve had
And we’ll remember when
Remember when
Remember when
THANK YOU TO MR. ALAN JACKSON….”Remember When” 2004
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 am
Angel, I was laughing so hard cuz those multi task pics looked so like me and yep, been busted! LOL!
Then read the lyrics above and teared up!
All I can say is this, your blog is just like a box of chocolates, we just never know what we are gonna get and I LOVE IT!
Thanks for another great post!
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 am
My thanks to the guys at 3M for those wonderful yellow post-it-notes…
March 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 am
BUSTED! Heh.
“Memory is one the easiest mental processes to improve and train.”
Howso, m’lady? It’s a skill in which I’m lacking.
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Good advice Angel, i’ll try it out. Tennis won’t help, your turning your head, just get a widescreen tv and sit close enough so you don’t have to turn your head, but have to turn your eyes.
“Try talkin on the phone and blogging at the same time.”
Cannot do it, tried and failed a number of times, just stick to one thing at a time.
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 am
I’m sorry, what were you saying? I saw a shiny quarter.
I do the blogging while on the phone thing about 4 times a week in the AM during conference calls. And, yup, I miss half of what is said.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:22 am
My glasses are by the bed - I use ‘em for reading - and the keys are on a hook in the hall. Nyeahhh!
I’m gonna try that eyeball eercise, though. Who knows? It might work!
Hehheee!
Happy Easter, Toots!
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
I need all the help I can, ha. I’ll try the eyeball exercise.
Have a Blessed Easter Angel.
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Semper Fi! - David Thibodeaux…
Below is a message from this Marine in his own words:
A fellow Marine and I wrote, and I recorded a song titled “Not Ready To End The Fight.” This song was inspired by the fact that I, like many Americans, don’t particularl ……
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
…and they told me stop rolling my eyes. Go figure.
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Okay… now you’ll have me rolling my eyes back and forth! LOL! Angel, you darlin’ woman, you’re terrific. HAPPY EASTER!
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Happy Easter, Bud…
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
After I stopped grinning hard over this one, I started thinking that if this worked…maybe I would swivel my eyes back and forth and try to remember where my car keys were….oh yes…they are right in front of me……my bad….
Happy Easter Angel and hope that it was a blessed day for you and yours.
-Robert-
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
when i forget something, i just say i’ve got S.A.S.S.
S - hort
A - ttention
S - pan
S - yndrome
yup…i’m sassy…
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 pm
It’s called CRS…can’t remember………………stuff!
March 24th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Aw, crap! What was I going to say?
March 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I love this place. You always have some great topics and some great visuals to drive home your points.
GREAT work!
You make it look easy.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
THANKS THANKS THANKS ALLS!…
March 25th, 2008 at 10:56 am
http://therenaissancebiologist.blogspot.com/2008/03/free-memory-improvement.html - thank you very much!