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Check the calendar the same time every day, so it becomes a habit. When you buy a new calendar at the beginning of the year, transfer all important dates from the old one. 6. Prepare: If you need to remember to take certain things to work or school, keep a tote bag or backpack right by the front door. Transfer all papers and items that need to go with you into that bag or backpack. Improving Everyday Memory 45 7. Focus: Focus on one thing at a time, and try to pay active attention each time you put something down.

New research links trauma not only to memory loss but also to the later development of Alzheimer’s disease. Even the mildest bump on the head might damage your brain to some extent; in fact, research suggests that 60 percent of people who experience a mild brain injury are still having trouble with memory as long as three months later. Mild head injury symptoms can result in a puzzling interplay of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional complaints that make the problems difficult to diagnose. Symptoms after a head injury may be caused by direct physical damage to the brain, as well as by swelling or a lack of oxygen.

Name three things you can do to help minimize general forgetfulness. 6. Name three poor lifestyle choices that can interfere with your memory. ANSWERS 1. Engage in mental exercise. 2. These types of games help reinforce connections between nerve cells. 3. Add as much color, interest, novelty, and challenge to your environment as possible. 4. stress, anxiety, depression, lack of concentration, medication, alcohol, smoking, lack of sleep 5. Enrich your brain with puzzles and challenging games, enrich your environment, practice visualization, work on paying attention, engage in a healthy lifestyle.