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Chapter 19 Upgrading Memory and Cultivating Good Habits of Memory (1)
Mr. Duo Huhui reminded: Cultivate the self-confidence of "I can remember"
Many students always say that they are too stupid to remember anything, and it is like an "eraser" is installed in their minds. The things just entered into the brain disappear in a blink of an eye.In fact, you are not that stupid, it’s just that bad memory habits give you an illusion. Master some good memory methods and cultivate good memory habits, and you will never forget them.

Taotao was memorizing English vocabulary in the study, and he ran out within 10 minutes, and said to Mumu: "I won't memorize it anymore, the teacher can do whatever he likes, I just can't remember it anyway."

"Haha, you don't have the confidence to remember!"

"I recited a word 10 times, but I still misremembered it."

"Because of this, I said I can't remember, I'm too unconfident! Do you know Mr. Duohuhui?"

"do not know."

"He is a famous psychologist in Japan."

Taotao said: "What does this have to do with me? What does it have to do with my inability to remember words?"

"Of course it has something to do with it! He did a psychological experiment to study the relationship between self-confidence and memory. He believed that the key to memory is to have the self-confidence of 'I can remember'."

"This is very interesting. Mumu, please tell me about it!"

So Mumu talked to Taotao seriously.

"Self-confidence affects the performance of a person's memory. When a person's self-confidence is enhanced, his energy is often very strong, his mood is very optimistic, and the activity of brain cells is greatly enhanced, resulting in a state of excitement and stimulation. This state is The new energy of the brain. This new energy can enhance the active state of the cells and produce a good memory effect. On the contrary, if a person always thinks that his memory is not good, he will appear in a state of low energy and low mood when studying , over time it will cause memory loss."

"Ah? It turns out that self-confidence has such a great effect on memory!"

"Yes, so when we memorize knowledge points, we must first be sure that we can remember it. Without the confidence of 'I can remember', the activity of brain cells will be inhibited and memory will decline. Experts call it the 'inhibition effect'."

"Oh, I see. The inhibitory effect should be like this: no memory confidence→brain cell activity is suppressed→memory ability declines... Repeatedly, the memory will get worse and worse, and the memory effect will also get worse."

"Tao Tao's comprehension is really high, and he is right."

It can be seen that lack of self-confidence seriously affects our memory effect.Cultivating the confidence of "I can remember" in learning will allow us to easily remember English words, classic sentences, mathematical formulas and other knowledge points.

Like Taotao, many students in life often say negative words such as "I can't remember" and "I have a bad memory".Although some students do not have a good memory, what is more important is that students lack confidence in their memory.So, how can we eliminate the negative self-suggestion of "I can't remember" and turn this negative psychology into a positive self-suggestion of "I can remember"?
1. Get rid of memory barriers
Sometimes, when we face a material to remember, we often think: "How difficult!" .

2. Establish a positive psychological suggestion of "I can remember" in my heart
For example, before memorizing texts or memorizing words, keep saying silently in your heart: "I can remember, I can remember, there must be no problem." In this way, my heart will be full of strength and I will give myself a positive hint.When faced with knowledge points that we are not good at, we can also face them with full confidence, and naturally we can remember, remember more, and remember firmly.

3. In normal times, we can play such a game, playing numbers with our mother, and see who can remember correctly

Find the numbers of a few relatives or friends every Saturday, provided that neither party can memorize them in advance.Then, you compete with your mother to see who can get the most and most accurate numbers the next day.Of course, you must remember to remind yourself, "I'm sure I can remember these numbers." As for how to think about it, it's up to you.

Lenin: Only what is understood can be remembered

"Mumu, I just recited the poem "Jiang Xue" with great effort, but I forgot the sentence before "Catching the cold Jiangxue alone."

"The previous sentence is 'Lonely boat and hat'."

"It took me a long time to remember just this one sentence."

"Taotao, do you know the meaning of 'suo' and 'li' in this sentence?"

"do not know."

"No wonder you can't remember it, because you don't understand its meaning, you just rely on mechanical memory to memorize it by rote, so you can't remember it. Sometimes messy words make it troublesome to remember. If you can think before memorizing, Once you understand the meaning, it will be much easier to remember.”

The memory method that Mumu and Taotao talked about is called understanding memory. Understanding memory is based on the understanding of materials and content. This kind of understanding not only refers to understanding the materials, but also includes understanding the logical relationship between materials. , and the relationship between that material and previous knowledge and experience.For materials that require abstract thinking, such as mathematics, physics and other subjects, if you want to remember them, you cannot do without understanding and memory for a moment.

According to Tian Jiewen, the top student in the 2007 senior high school entrance examination in Xingwen County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, in order to overcome the weakness of "not remembering", we must start with understanding and strengthen memory on the basis of understanding.He gave an example: "For example, for the algebraic formula (a+b) 2=a2+2ab+b2, some students just memorize it by rote; some people understand the essence of (a+b) 2 from the perspective of understanding. connotation; some people also understand from the perspective of comprehension that after the expansion of (a+b) 2, there must be quadratic terms of a and b anyway, so they don’t need to remember, just remember that there is a primary term ‘2ab’ It’s ok. Only when you understand it, can you not confuse the complete square formula with (ab)2=a2b2, and you won’t make the mistake of (a+b)2=a2+b2.”

Lenin also believed that deep understanding is the catalyst for improved memory.Lenin's memory was amazing.

Once, someone saw Lenin flipping through a thick foreign language book, and asked Lenin, "How many times does it take to memorize a poem?"

Lenin replied: "Just read it twice."

According to Lenin's comrades-in-arms, "Lenin has developed a very unique reading method through years of practice. He is used to reading ten or twelve lines at a glance, and quickly grasps the meaning of a whole paragraph...he is not like ordinary people, who read one line after another. Instead of silently reciting a line, it is like a powerful water pump, absorbing the contents of a book continuously and rapidly."

Another time, Lenin went to a city far away from Moscow to inspect his work.On the train, Lenin brought several thick books and read them intently.

At this time, a comrade sitting opposite Lenin asked: "So many books, do you remember them after reading them?"

Lenin said: "Of course you can remember, don't believe you can ask questions."

Lenin handed the book to the comrade opposite.The man actually picked up the book and asked Lenin questions, and Lenin answered all of them correctly.

"It's a superhuman memory!" The comrade praised with admiration.Unexpectedly, Lenin said with a smile: "It's nothing. I'm used to this kind of reading, and it takes time to study. If you want to remember, you must first understand. Only what you understand can be remembered, and you can remember it." It will work."

Therefore, if we want to improve our memory and improve our academic performance, we need to develop a good habit of understanding memory.When understanding and memorizing, you must thoroughly understand the principles of the content you are memorizing; it will be much easier to memorize after you have a theoretical foundation.For example, when memorizing history, before memorizing a piece of content, we should first figure out the cause and effect of it, and what historical enlightenment it gives us. With a correct understanding of this period of history, it will be much easier to memorize the details gradually.

Understanding memory allows us to integrate knowledge in a short period of time, improving learning efficiency and academic performance.Understanding memory needs to start from the following aspects:

1. Get the gist
This process should be combined with active thinking activities. Through thinking activities such as analysis, synthesis, comparison, classification and systematization, grasp the meaning, scope and structural level of memory materials, grasp their essential and non-essential features and the connections between things , Strengthen the understanding of the meaning of things and the grasp of the overall structure.

When you memorize something, you must first understand its general content.Take reading as an example, you must first read through or browse through it.Only by understanding the whole picture can we have a deep understanding of the part, which is "synthesis".

2. Key analysis
After having a general understanding of things, it is necessary to gradually analyze in depth.For example, for a paper, it is necessary to clarify its argument and evidence, divide it into several paragraphs according to the structure, and find out the main meaning one by one, that is, find out the "information points", analyze and think carefully, and reach the level of compiling the outline of the article.

3. Mastery

It is more conducive to deepening the memory by linking the various partial contents understood and remembered for repeated thinking and comprehensive understanding.

4. Apply existing knowledge
Use existing knowledge to connect and compare old and new knowledge, find similarities and differences, and integrate new materials into existing knowledge systems, or enrich and expand existing knowledge systems.When learning new knowledge, it is an important part of understanding the memory method to connect with existing knowledge well. The richer the individual's existing knowledge is, the more correct the structure is, and the more it helps to improve the understanding and memory.

Mao Yisheng's Law of Memory: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
"Do scientists all have amazing memories?"

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