Category Archives: Self Improvement

Short term memory, sometimes called primary or active memory, holds on to information for only a few seconds before it is lost and only has the capacity to hold seven items at a time, give or take two. Well actually some theories and research only makes that four items but I do not wish to depress you. Do you think that computers can possibly make you redundant? This is a description of what short term memory is and how it can be used for accelerated learning. Continue reading →

There is a massive difference between our thinking of memory that is stored on a computer and our own memory. It is almost a total paradigm shift and really shouldn’t be called by the same name. Memory that exists in … Continue reading →

Our greatest asset is our memory. It is the only one thing that we actually own in life, it is truly ours and nobody can say that anything you remember belongs to them. You cannot own someone else’s memory nor … Continue reading →

Our memory isn’t perfect and suffers from a number of common faults. Daniel Schacter, a professor and former chair of Harvard University’s Psychology Department is a respected leader in memory research and created a book called ‘The Seven Sins of … Continue reading →