Reynolds - Memory Exercises Mastery: The Top 10 Proven Memory Exercises to Excel in Work and Life

The human brain is a fascinating muscleand because of the complexities involved, its functions are not easilyevaluated. Throughout human existence, an element of awe and wonder has alwaysexisted regarding the brains capabilities and limits. More recent blockbusterssuch as Limitless have been thrilling Hollywood audiences worldwide. Hitssuch as this merely emphasize the interest in the limits of our brains are andwhat are we actually capable of.

The first step to realizing your brain'strue limitations is to understand it. In reality, our brains operate manyfunctions and encompassing them are the limitations that restrict us. Onescientific experiment carried out by The Centre of Neural Decision Making atTemple University helped to clearly outline the potential limits of the brain.Held for the purpose of establishing brain activity, blood flow waselectromagnetically monitored. Host of subjects was put to constant decisionmaking whilst progressively increasing the demands and distractions placed onthem. The results showed that the activity was managed in the frontal lobes ofthe brain quite effectively until what appeared to be a point of overload. Thissection then appeared to simply cease in its activity. This resulted in theparticipants making slower and ineffective decisions. This clearly shows thatthere is in fact a limit to the potential of the human brain. These limits varyfor each individual due to a myriad of innate and learned qualities havingdifferent lasting effects on individuals.

For the purpose of discovering human brain limitations,the memory, intelligence and effects of perception will be reviewed later on,revealing the real limitations of the human brain. Simply said, what may be thelimits of an individual may not be the case of another individual. It is true thatthere are general standards to our brains limits, but in some cases theexceptions are too prevalent to simply be swept away from analysis.

The human memory consists of a short termmemory (STM) and a long term memory (LTM). The STM acts as a temporary storagesystem servicing the LTM which stores a selection of identified relevantinformation from the STM for later retrieval. Initially it was thought of thatit was just like a traditional document file system. However, it has beenrecognized now that the process is far more complex. Many memory retrievalroutes along the way are interrupted. The STM has seven slots and each of thesecompartments holds one packet of information about your current activity forinstant memory retrieval. Once a new information is processed, your STM willmove one packet of information to the LTM, creating a free slot in your STM.Storage capacity of the LTM is rather different. In a sense, the memories fromthe STM are decoded and stored across the LTM in a non-unified sense. The amountof data or memories that can be stored are said to be infinite and somewhatuntarnished, leaving a somewhat limitless capacity in the LTM.

We often state Ive forgotten when unableto remember something in the assumption we have lost the memory or simply didnot store it. In majority of the cases, it is not so. What is preventing therecall of the memory is your ability to locate the memory for retrieval. Byfocusing on these areas, we are able to consciously improve recalling and inturn improving your memory. There are various exercises, games and techniquesthat can be done to effectively improve your memory recall, which would berevealed to you later on in this book.

Intelligence quotient tests or more commonlyknown as IQ tests are frequently used to measure the intelligence of humanbeings. It is claimed that our IQ increases very slowly through evolutionthough we are able to improve this through an unlimited amount of ways. AKorean Civil Engineer by the name of Kim Ung Yong holds the highest IQ recordedat 210 whereas it is said that the average human has an IQ of 85 - 115. Your IQmay be increased by further education, acquiring of general knowledge,improving memory recall and many other ways.

Our senses are continuously taking ininformation about the things around us and the contents within it. Theseinformation keeps us informed or in the know. By doing this, the senses wehave and the ability to transmit data accurately determine our brain'spotential to correctly perceive the data to maximize its full use. If yourperception is wrong, you will be sent the wrong information, limiting yourabilities to recall. This is why it is very important to practice your concentrationand focus as well. You cannot remember something correctly if you did notperceive it correctly. Like mentioned before, at each given time, a person canprocess only 7 to 9 pieces of information. However, this information can beanything from phone number digits to events. With practice, you can learn toprocess more than 7 bits of information, but 9 is the upper limit the humanbrain can achieve. Its the neural network limit that cannot be broken.