But what’s interesting: most often it’s not the elderly who are guilty of citing poor memory, but the same students who don’t know how to properly organize their educational process people who break, ignore the rational regime of mental work and rest, or are simply lazy people.

And now some tests.

Now you will read the task 5 times, and from memory you will try to write everything that is listed in it.

So, your spouse has compiled a list for you that you need to buy:

• in the grocery department - noodles, rice, sugar, matches;
• in the meat department - sausages, minced meat, cervelat, cutlets;
• in the bakery - cookies, cupcakes, cakes, bagels.

Have you written down everything you remember?

If you correctly listed all 12 items, you can score 10 points. But for each mistake made or violation of the order of listing, deduct 1 point from 10.

Test No. 2

Try to quickly, without thinking, answer each of the questions below:

1. Who was more gluttonous: Gargantua or Pantagruel?

3. What was Richard Nixon's party affiliation?

4. How many humps does a camel have?

5. What is the value of pi (to four decimal places)?

6. What is the name of the second Soviet cosmonaut?

8. What is Dostoevsky’s first and patronymic name?

9. In what year was US President D. Kennedy assassinated?

10. Are you able to remember witticisms (anecdotes) you heard a week ago?

Now write down 1 point for each correct answer to questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and for each “yes” answer to questions 2, 7, 10.

Just don’t rush right away (already in the process of answering questions asked) look into the correct answers given below!

Add up the points scored in the two tests.

Grade

16 points: You have a very good memory! But aren’t you exploiting it too much, burdening it with small, insignificant details, details that it would be better to simply forget about?

From 16 to 10 points: You have a good memory. It doesn't matter that you sometimes forget something. You can easily develop and train your memory with little effort.

Less than 10 points: perhaps, given your memory, you should use a pocket notebook or tie knots for memory. But then try not to lose this book and don’t forget your scarf at home!

Answers to test No. 2

1. Both Gargantua and Pantagruel were gluttonous; 3. Republican; 4. Two, but there are also one-humped camels; 5. 3.1416; 6. German Titov; 8. Fedor Mikhailovich; 9. In 1963.

It is said about older people that due to increasing sclerosis, they become absent-minded and forgetful. In reality, forgetfulness is not just a “privilege” of the elderly. Alas, people of different ages can have “leaky” memory.

What is your memory like? To answer this question, use the following test.

Within 1 minute - put a watch in front of you - read 25 words, close the text and in 5 minutes write down in any order all the words that you managed to remember. Count the number of words written and score each written word 1 point.

Based on your total points, determine which category you belong to.

Test words:

hay, sidewalk, key, century, plane, film, train, aroma, picture, Carpathians, month, Himalayas, singer, stillness, radio, calendar, grass, man, pass, woman, car, abstraction, heart, helicopter, bouquet

Test results:

6 points or less. Your memory (primarily visual) is not in the best condition. But this is not at all hopeless - engage in regular memory training exercises, for example, reading books, memorizing texts, etc. Mental arithmetic also helps. Take vitamins. If necessary, consult with a doctor or psychologist about individual methods of preventing forgetfulness.

7-12 points

Your memory is not that bad, but you apparently don’t know how to concentrate, and this always interferes with memorization.

13-17 points

Your results are quite decent, and you can count on your memory not to let you down in most cases.

18-21 points

An excellent result that proves that you have an extraordinary memory. You can force yourself to concentrate, therefore you have sufficient willpower. Don't worry about your memory.

Over 22 points

You have an excellent, if not phenomenal, memory!

Are you familiar with this situation: you got up from the sofa, went to the table and suddenly forgot what you actually wanted to do. But there was some kind of thought, there was! This kind of forgetfulness is quite common, and it's a little comforting, but... only a little.

VISUAL, AUDITORY, GIRL...

Whether a person has a good memory or not, as a rule, a person learns during the learning process. Students understand this especially clearly during sessions: try to memorize an entire book for a semester in three days, and then deliver this valuable load to the teacher. This is when the problems begin - some people can easily memorize a seemingly meaningless text, while others are simply unable to do this.

Memory, as wisely noted in the encyclopedia, is a person’s ability to remember, store and reproduce information. It can be different - visual, motor, emotional, auditory, tactile, olfactory... It all depends on which organ of perception is better developed. Therefore, some people read thoughtfully and then retell it several times, while others immediately sit down to take notes and write a plan. Some people suffer from topographic cretinism all their lives, while others remember the most difficult routes the first time.

TRAINING YOUR MEMORY

And yet, memory—whether visual, auditory, or motor—no matter how remarkably developed, sometimes fails. If this happens to you infrequently, then there is no need to worry, but what about those who begin to think: “Do I have sclerosis?” Don't worry, most likely not. It’s just time to train your capricious memory a little...

A great way to remember the text is to sing it to your favorite music or combine it with movement exercises. For example, you read the first paragraph and jump, in the second you try to make a swallow, and in the third you perform to the tune of “Oh, the viburnum is blooming.” Try it, it's very effective.

Our lady’s memory, although selective, will definitely sink into her soul, and for a long time, information,
associated with emotional uplift. Here’s another way for you: while memorizing something, try to find some emotions, laugh at the funny ones, cry at the sad ones, remember something similar from your life, draw, so to speak, parallels.

Don’t concentrate too much on the subject or strain yourself. The more you stress, the less you learn. It’s better to play a game with yourself: open a random text and read a couple of paragraphs just like that, without trying to remember them. We guarantee that later it will turn out that you remember the text exactly.

It is best to train your memory in the morning. And here's how.

While lying in bed, count from 100 to 1 as quickly as possible.

Name the letters of the alphabet one by one, coming up with a word for each of them.

Come up with male names for each of the first 20 letters of the alphabet, counting to yourself: “Alexey - one, Bogdan - two, Victor - three, Gabriel - four,” etc.

In the same way, think of:

20 female names;

20 product names (for example: watermelon - one, bagel - two, ham - three. Walnut- four, etc.);

20 names of objects starting with one letter (one - mask, two - potion, three - muslin, four - haze, etc.).

TELL ME WHAT DO YOU EAT...

Protein-rich foods will help improve memory. Lean on meat, milk, eggs, fish - they contain substances necessary for the brain: phosphorus, taurine, lecithin, arginine, vitamins and microelements. Don't forget about vegetables, especially carrots, as well as nuts and bananas. If possible, treat yourself to pineapples and avocados: pineapples improve brain activity, and the unsaturated fatty acids contained in the oily pulp of the exotic avocado strengthen the membranes of gray cells.

Here's another tip: drink as much fluid as possible! It is known that water drinkers who drink 1.5-2 liters daily have a much better memory than those who limit themselves to three cups of tea or coffee a day. And as a dietary supplement, be sure to take B vitamins, choline and inositol, as well as lecithin. These drugs improve brain function.

It turns out that our brain is also an esthete; it loves good smells. If you are preparing for a performance or have a lot to remember, mix three drops essential oils lemon orange and lavender, place a drop of this mixture into a mug with hot water and place it in the room where you work. From time to time, take short breaks and smell a mixture of lavender, lemon balm and mint oils for 4-6 minutes. This will calm a tired brain and increase its efficiency.

CLOSE YOUR FINGERS

If you need to remember something (for example, the last name, first name and patronymic of a new acquaintance), repeat it several times out loud or to yourself, and then seal it. How? Yes, very simple. Close the big ones and index fingers both hands into the ring, press tightly and hold for 15-20 seconds. Practice shows that this gesture increases the efficiency of memorization by 70, or even 100 percent.

But the most important thing is to develop memory! You can do this at any age, but the earlier you start, the better.

Do special exercises every day - neurobics.

Several times a day, perform simple, habitual actions (get dressed, wash, make the bed) with your eyes closed.

If you are right-handed, write a few lines with your left hand, if you are left-handed, do the same with your right hand.

Walk backwards for at least five minutes a day. Does not work? This is just the beginning. Two or three workouts - and you will be surprised at how easy this exercise is for you.

But the most important thing is to constantly, day after day, train your memory, force your brain to work. You can solve crosswords or scanwords, learn songs and poems, solve chess studies and math problems, learn foreign languages ​​and even play cards! The main thing is that you do all this with interest and passion. Then the information will be better absorbed and your memory will not let you down.

TEST “DO YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY”

Time yourself and try to remember as many of the 25 words below as possible in one minute. Then take a blank sheet of paper and write down all the words that you managed to remember. But keep in mind that you only have five minutes to do this job.

TEST WORDS

Straw, border, castle, century, helicopter, TV, train, perfume, landscape, Carpathians, year, Himalayas, singer, stillness, radio, day, roses, man, mountains, woman, car, artist, heart, rocket, bouquet.

TEST RESULTS

✓ From 6 points and less

Your memory (primarily visual) is not in better condition. But it is not at all hopeless. Train her, load up on vitamins, and then even at 85 years old you will be able to recite “My uncle has the most honest rules...” by heart.

✓ From 7 to 12 points

Your memory is not that bad, but you apparently don’t know how to concentrate, and this always interferes with memorization.

✓ From 13 to 17 points

Your results are quite decent, and you can count on your memory not to let you down in most cases.

Entertaining psychology Shapar Viktor Borisovich

Do you have a good memory?

Do you have a good memory?

Read it carefully, but only once, and try to remember the numbers:

64 93 57 68 46 37 39 52 74 49.

Write down the ones you remember, in the same order if possible.

The number of digits remembered will characterize the volume, and the number of digits that you remember in the right order will indicate the accuracy of your mechanical visual memory.

If someone were to read the same series of two-digit numbers aloud, you could evaluate your mechanical auditory memory and, by comparing the results, determine which type of memory you have predominant - visual or auditory, unless, of course, something did not make the results of these experiments are random.

By reading or listening to any text and then writing down what you remember, you can evaluate the accuracy of not only mechanical, but also semantic memory.

Remember in as much detail as possible what is drawn in the first picture on the next page.

Covering the first drawing with paper and looking at the next one, tell from memory what is missing here and what is superfluous compared to the previous drawing.