Learning
has been an essential part of our lives. Some people love reading books,
novels, magazines, and editorial pages. They make a target of completing a book
within the time. They give enough time for it every day and finish it, but how
many of them remember the exact story in the book? In this article, I am going
to share some memorization techniques
to enhance your memory power without any effort. But not only memorize will
work here, we must use this acquired information for future use. Here are some
scientific habits
that changed my life.
1. Use of making highlights: Reading a
book is really and truly a time-consuming process and if you have to reread the
book, it will the learning process tedious. You can use a highlighter and
underlines all the important information in the book. It will help you recall
things easily in no time. You can revise the book again whenever you
necessitate it in the future.
What
if you are reading something online and can’t use your highlighter there? We
have also a solution for it. You should use Readwise when you are reading
anything in soft copy and make your notes, and highlighters from any kindle,
newspapers, eBooks, and Instapaper. You just need to sync your highlighters and
here you are. You can revisit and see your highlights anytime and anywhere. It
also has an amazing feature to send you various highlights via email every
morning so that you can have an eye on them.
2. Discussion and memorization of what you
have learned: it is one of the most important study techniques to improve your memory to discuss what you have
read or learned. It helps you associate the knowledge and remember it for a
longer time period. When you discuss your reading part, you use your own points
of view and recall all the important points. You have an option to compare your
views with an author’s perspective. It will give you an opportunity to think as
a writer and take out the most useful information for others.
You
can use the reading list optimizer notion template for keeping track of your
reading books. It gives you access to various features. You can have a list of
the books that you have read, are reading, or will read in the future. You also
have pages with each book to write your important points. You can rate any book
according to you and mention a specific date when you finished it. There are
some other interesting features are also available in this notion template to
feel free to check it out once.
3. Lie to yourself: we all know that
not all books are interesting and engaging. You can’t have the same enjoyment
with all the books you read. If you happen to have such a case in your life,
you need to tell lies to yourself. You need to befool your mind that the book
you are reading is much more interesting than you even think it is. It will
encourage you to read it and help to apply these memorization tips for
studying. Likewise, you enjoy reading a boring book too and gathering
information. It is a neurological technique to boost your memory power by lying
to yourself.
4. Choose your books wisely: we often
love reading what matches our interests. Therefore, you can follow this tip to
read what you love or love what you read. This actually works like a magic in
memorization. I do agree with the fact lie to yourself also works, but the same
rule can’t be applied in each and every case. Sometimes, we come across such
books that don’t match our interests only then we can use them not every time.
You can first read the summary of a book or important headings in order to get
some interest in it. After you have an inclination to it, you will
automatically love reading it and your mind will grab the information
automatically.
5. Increase your epinephrine level:
This is one of the methods of
memorization in Psychology to have a sharp memory power. All of us have
this epinephrine also known as adrenaline is both a hormone and a transmitter
for nerves in our body. The adrenal glands in our body release the epinephrine
hormone. As a neurotransmitter in our body epinephrine plays an essential role
to make connections with our mind and body. It sends signals to various body
parts so that they can function according to a situation. It helps us in order
to boost our memory power.
You know that we can easily remember
something whether it was a delightful or dismal moment that happened to us.
Because when it took place your mind was on high alertness that captured and
saved in your memory, therefore, whenever you try to recall it, you often
experience that same situation wherein you were at that time. These books
everybody must read and try to associate the information and
feel as if you are really experiencing it.
These are some tips on how to read and remember fast. I personally use them to read and remember the information for future use.
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