Scientific and technological progress, which is proceeding very rapidly today, requires a person to be able to process not only a large flow of information, but also keep in mind a huge amount of a variety of information. According to sociological studies recently conducted among the population of our country, it turned out that over 80% of respondents are dissatisfied with their memory and would like to improve it qualitatively. That is why the attention and memory of a person should be developed, since these qualities today go first in priority. Along the way, it should also be noted that an attentive person has much greater competitive advantages in comparison with an absent-minded person, which largely determines success in life.
So, as you know, everything lends itself to training, so even if a person suffers from absent-mindedness, then everything can be corrected. How to develop memory and attention and what is needed for this? First of all, we should find out why we forget about these or other things and what is the reason for this process. The main thing to understand is that our brain processes a huge amount of information per unit of time, and most of these processes occur automatically without the participation of a person in the so-called "unconscious". As for memory, it works constantly in a person, remembering everything that happens around him. It’s just that there is one simple rule - if a person doesn’t concentrate on any information, then his memory automatically deletes it from the list of important cases. Therefore, one should begin to develop memory with care. The attention and memory of a person is very much interconnected, since a person will remember well only what he consciously turned his attention to. Knowing this principle, you can gradually begin appropriate training.
Make it a rule at the end of the day, when you come home, lie on the sofa, relax, and try to remember everything that happened to you throughout the day. You will immediately realize that the memory will clearly provide you only with what you turned your attention to, and all the small details will be missed. The principle of memory training is based on this - the development of mindfulness and concentration. Attention and memory are also well developed with the help of a simple exercise on matches: pick up a few matches and lightly toss them. After they fall on the table, you carefully record how they are located for 10 seconds, after which, having left for another room, you try from other matches to repeat exactly the whole picture you saw.
It will be very useful for schoolchildren, as well as everyone who is studying any theoretical material, to learn an excellent way of memorizing, in which you can “shove” the necessary information into long-term memory. We are talking about the principle of repeating information at the right time and at the right frequency. Among other things, training of memory and attention is also carried out here, which with the regular use of this method will constantly improve.
So, you look at the material that you need to study and try to fully understand it. Always remember that if you don’t understand something, it is simply impossible to remember. That is why, when studying a question, first of all, a complete understanding of the material under study should be achieved. After this, you should take a break for 5-6 hours, after which you must read what you want to remember again. This is very important, because already 12 hours after studying the material and in the absence of its repetition, the memory usually forgets up to 50-70% of the studied material. Therefore, here we should remember the saying "repetition is the mother of learning." Then, the very next day (after sleep), you should re-read the studied information, after which it is safely stored in your long-term memory, as a result of which you can always use it at the right time and in the right place.
Thus, attention and memory are easy to train, thanks to which absolutely anyone can improve their professional skills.