Name: 9 tactics to build a stronger mind | Lisa Genova
Uploaded: 2022-11-29T17:50:18.000Z
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or you forgot the actor who played Tony Soprano

"Can't remember that guy's name, what is it?"

This absent-mindedness is a sign of mental weakness,

or a failing memory, or a lack of character,

but 99% of forgetting that happens to all of us,

to have a better relationship with our memory today-

because forgetting is a normal part of being human.

The name of my book is "Remember: The Science of Memory

How do we make our memories stronger, resilient to time,

so that we can recall them decades later?

The first essential ingredient in creating a memory

that's going to last longer than this present moment

I can't remember where they are because I never formed

Chronic stress is really bad for our memory.

Stress hormones mobilize your brain and body to respond,

if you're exposed to chronic, unrelenting stress,

Under chronic stress, your body will just keep dumping

adrenaline and cortisol, and it can't shut off.

You are actually shrinking your hippocampus-

because I've probably just scared everyone,

is that there are things that we can do to combat stress.

This is where things like yoga, meditation,

mindfulness, and exercise come into play.

to restore the size of people's hippocampus

A lot of people are intimidated by meditation.

They sort of know that this is probably good for them

in lots of ways, but maybe don't know how to do it.

Breathe in through your nose to the count of four.

Hold it for a second, and then breathe out through your nose

Stress response causes you to breathe like this-

By breathing slowly in and out through your nose,

you are telling your brain and body that you are safe.

where you're unconscious and it's a waste of time.

You're very biologically busy while you sleep,

and there are a number of super-important things

that are going on in your brain with respect to memory.

For example, if I got a horrible night's sleep last night,

I'm gonna wake up today and my frontal lobe

is gonna have a hard time dragging itself to its day job-

and one of its most important jobs is paying attention.

And if I can't pay attention to what's going on today,

what am I not gonna be able to do well today?

Also, your hippocampus consolidates the information

that you can consciously retrieve while you sleep.

So what happens if you don't get enough sleep?

Your hippocampus might not have had enough time

from what happened yesterday and the stuff

you learned yesterday, might not be fully formed today,

because caffeine increases your attention.

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