How to remember things more easily

Everyone can learn a tremendous script. But the majority of people can not do it by reading through it. There is a small trick to make our brain remember things more easily.

Associations

When our brain thinks of a topic, it may links it to something else.

The dinner last night may make you remember a specific foreign word. Maybe you do not even remember the dinner.

Our brain needs associations to remember something. Imagine a locked chest. This chest is your memory. To open it, you need a key. Having more keys, which are more associations, means you remember it more easily in your massive library of memories. Our brain is a linked network of neurons, which has a complex structure. Building more paths to a specific memory makes it easier to access for us.

On the other hand, computers do not require associations because they have memory in fixed places. When was the photo taken? Just go to this specific path and there the information is.

May you had this moment in school, where the teacher asked you a difficult question. You knew the answer, but it did not come to mind. The teacher notices that and helps you “opening that chest” with a small hint. May is the first letter of a tricky word, or something else. Instantly you shout out the answer because you “unlocked” it!

One way of creating more “keys” is by using post-its. If you want to learn many new words, write each of them down on a post-it and stick it on a thing. The brain will then associate this thing with the term, which makes it easier to remember. Having more things is even better.

Conclusion

Understanding how your brain remembers is vital. Get creative with how you associate things to each other, and you will study in no time!