Improving memory?

crosswords &wordsearches help a sh*tload.

The game "Memory" is pretty good.

There's also some great brain games for the Nintendo DS. You should see if there are desktop equivalents.

Otherwise, listen to some Mozart before the test. It increases brain activity if only temporarily. Otherwise, mental exercises. You're basically trying to rewire your brain through actions. It's like muscle training: you do an action until it gets so repetitive you get what's called muscle memory which basically makes an action instinctual.

http://www.buzanworld.com/

Buzan World, cites trademarks on the phrase 'Mind Maps' which he has registered in many countries.

Following his 1970s series for the BBC, many of his ideas have been set into his series of five books:

Use Your Memory,

Master Your Memory,

Use Your Head,

The Speed Reading Book and

The Mind Map Book.

He has since authored or co-authored over 100 books.

Most of his teaching generally divides up into: general awareness of the extensive capabilities and capacities of the brain and its functions, memory skills, reading skills, Mind Map note-taking and note-making, creativity,

and how brain function can be improved over time into old age.

Buzan developed Mind Mapping whilst at University, out of the frustration that traditional notes took up so much time to create and review. He has argued that Mind Maps are an efficient way to take notes from lectures or books. Brother Barry Buzan, who co-wrote The Mind Map Book, suggested the technique could also be used to capture notes from one's own creative ideas and is useful in business.

As a popular psychology author, Tony Buzan has written on subjects relating to the brain,

genius quotient (GQ),

spiritual intelligence,

memory,

creativity and

speed reading.

He is the founder and President of the Brain Foundation (not to be confused with various medical-related bodies with the same name) and also the Brain Trust Charity, the World Memory Championships and the World Championships of the Brain. He was a co-founder of London's Mind Body Spirit festival as well as the Mind Sports Olympiad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Buzan

This is no lie. I just learned it a couple of weeks ago on the TV show "The Human Body." The show said that researchers have found that learning actually takes place during sleep. They also recommend studying and then sleeping. Your brain is supposed to automatically take all the input you've given it and apply it to memory. Check out the facts if you doubt me.

If you want to remember something you give it the AIR. Attention (stay focused),Interest(it might be boring but you have to pretend you love it), and repetition( go over it several times).

One very helpful way to remember is to use mnemonics,i.e.,Make up a little saying to remember the first letter of the item you wish to remember. Like the names of the Great Lakes

Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior (HOMES)

or The colors of the rainbow Red,Orange,Yellow,

Green,Blue,Indigo,Violet (ROY,G.BIV)

Another good technique is to associate i.e., if

you want to remember Rev. Wright just think of a guy with all the answers.

There are several website that print the lists of mnemonics that people send in. Check it out with Google search!

Wish you the best on your test!

Just playing memory games like Kim's game is good for short term memory.

Try this, it may be of use to you:

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/studyskills/15to18/re...

General memory exercise is good for your brain.

Try learning poems or verses or even a part in a play...

shuffle a deck of cards and lay them all down face up and observe for a moment, then turn them all over, count to 20 then see how many you can remember the positions of. When I was in military intelligence training this was a training game. After practice most people can get at least 30 cards right.

nintendo had a game brain wave or something im not sure on the name but it is supposed to help your memory improve. It is for the Nintendo DS it is pretty good ive tried it.

See memory improvement, in section 41, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris

Ginseng tea is said to help with memory retention. Also plenty of sleep.

-Brain Age on Nintendo DS is good and fun...actually, its kind of addicting. I'm pretty sure they just came out with Brain Age 2.

-XBox Live just came out with one on the XBox Live Arcarde called Brain Challege (I think). The demo download is free.