Memory problems often go hand-in-hand with brain
is often not so much lost as hard to find. Steven Rose
involves several structures within the brain. Damage any of these
structures and memory suffers. Here is a quick rundown of problems
and suggestions for coping with them.
Just taking in information can be difficult for the brain injured.
Language or perceptual problems can cause confusion or overload. To
help, try the following:
Use easier words and shorter
sentences. Break instructions into individual steps.
Put information into your own words.
Does it make sense? This allows you (and others) to test for
If possible, associate new information
with something you already know.
Group items into meaningful
categories. You can organize by time, location, color, shape,
size, function, even age! Be creative.
- Break it up
Don't try to take in too much at
one time. Concentrate for a few minutes, then move on to
something else. You will learn more in several short sessions
than one long one.
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve: One hour after assimilating new
information, over half of it is already forgotten.
Just absorbing information is not enough. You have to hang onto
it. To reduce memory-seepage, try this:
|Memory is the thing you forget
with. Alexander Chase, Perspectives (1966)
So, you've learned and practiced new information until it is safely
stowed in memory. Unfortunately, you're still not home free.
You need to be able to bring it to mind when needed. This might
any rate it's a great comfort," she
said as she stepped under the trees,
"after being so hot to get into
the--into the--into what?" she went on,
rather surprised at not being able to think
of the word. "I mean to get under
the--under the--under this, you know!"
putting her hand on the trunk of the
tree. "What does it call itself,
I wonder?" Lewis Carroll, Through the
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