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Chapter 3 Understanding Your Memory
Chapter Summary:
What is memory
Short-term and long-term memory
Why we forget
Time and pace learning
Without [memory] all life and thought [are] an unrelated succession. As
gravity holds matter from flying off into space, so memory gives stability to
knowledge; it is the cohesion which keeps things from falling into a lump, or
flowing in waves.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Natural History of Intellect
Memory is the one of the most important assets we have when it
comes to studying, so it makes sense that before we learn anything,
we should understand how our memory works and how to utilize it
effectively.
Have you ever just dialled a telephone number and then
couldn’t re-dial it from memory because you had forgotten it?
Have you ever had a word on the tip of your tongue and just
couldn’t remember it?
Have you ever forgotten your best friend’s name?
These examples seem to be situations where we seem to come
unstuck with our memory, but there is much more to memory than
that.
By understanding why we forget some things and remember others,
we will be better able to adapt our learning to be able to study
effectively.
What is memory?
Individuals normally associate memory with the ability to remember
past events. In more medical terms, memory is the chemical bond
between the neurons in the brain. This connection in the brain is
Genius means little
more than the faculty
of perceiving in an
inhabitable way.
William James
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