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Food & Exercise

Can they help improve your memory?

Physical exercise has been shown to improve memory and mental function as it promotes a growth factor which plays a critical factor in the function and survival of brain neurons. Studies on rats have shown that the growth factor, brain derived neurotrophic factor increased in those given the opportunity to exercise.

Avoid heavy meals which are hard to digest as they divert blood from the brain and create grogginess.

Ensure that you get enough sleep

Memory and Chewing Gum: How research at two universities found memory recall can be improved by chewing gum.

Memory and Association: Has someone you know come up to you in the street, and try as you might, you just could not remember this person's name? Put Names and Faces together and don't forget names again with this associative memory technique.

Conditioning Introduction: What is conditioning? What Pavlov's dogs experiment teaches us about how we learn.

Craik & Lockhart (1972) Levels of Processing Theory: Traditional theories of memory segmented human memory into different stores for example, the multi-store model with sensory, short-term and long-term stores. Find out how Craik & Lockhart's Level's of processing theory opposes this.

Craik & Tulving (1975) Levels of Processing: Craik & Tulving wanted to test whether the level of processing affected how well we remember information. Read an explanation and evaluation of this research.

What affects Classical Conditioning?: Issues affecting classical conditioning.

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