How Your Memory Works -- and Why Forgetting Is Totally OK | Lisa Genova | TED

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[bobjim]

There are many internet gurus who "train" your memory, but this video just debunks the frauds and would save so many people if they just saw this. Thank you TED

[Xscape]

You know what's crazy, I'll have moments where dreams I've had years ago just randomly pop into my head throughout the day. This happens many times, and the scenarios in those dreams still fresh, it's insane

[patrickkirby]

☆ When she mention "wheres my phone" ..I'm like "Omg I can't find my phone. I was looking for it for a good 10 minutes when I realized... I'm holding it watching this video. I know..

[TruthHurtsCT]

Well this makes me feel a lot better, but damn shame how we forget almost all of our lives

[marieroux]

Memories are encoded most strongly when we're paying attention, when we're deeply engaged, and when information is meaningful to us (TED-Ed)

[ainaibrahim]

How our memory works. I learned a lot from this video our memory works depends on how it actually supposed to do, it's when you actually remember that thing because it's unique or you and yourself want to remember that thing because it's amaze you or it's appropriate, the example of that is during exams you need to memorize the world in the book or you need to familiarize it since you need to answer and it's appropriate, another example is that when you saw a beautiful girl and it's amaze you so maybe you can't forget her face and you always remember that girl, another example your best friends surprised you on your birthday so that moments you always remember because it's amaze you. Our memory is perfect and design to be perfect, we can not remember the thing we didn't see or we didn't know of course we only remember the thing we pay attention and yes that is true we actually always did this as a human, example that we always did when someone catch our attention, they always on our mind, when you pay attention to thing you always catch your brain, you will always remember that thing, memory is amazing and it's essential for the functioning of almost everything we do, everything we do must give an attention everything like when you walking you must pay attention to this is worth applying in every each of us as a person. When you walk and you don't pay attention maybe it give to us in a danger when you don't pay attention maybe there is a car towards you, everything we do need to pay attention like also when you are studying even cooking and yes hope you agree. This is the note to those people that worth applying " Don't use your brain, use your check list." Using check list is sounds practice and it is not kind of cheating, that check list will always remind you what to do, and give you and Idea also it's very useful for short of time. So practice making check list as a student check list is very useful. THANK YOU❤️

[varungoyal]

After a loooonnng time, I found a TED video worth watching and really learnt a lot from the to the I forgot her name

[jordanpeters]

If you can't remember where you've put something think to yourself: "My hands know where I've put it." It also helps if you close your eyes as you do this. A few minutes later... after having given up looking for it ... there's a good chance you'll find it.

[Ιωάννα-θκ]

Personally, usually when its small things I need to find or do around my house I use a "mental" to do list. For example, if I were to look for my glasses, go grocery shopping and then study, instead of remembering sentences off by heart I'll think of it like this: Glasses, groceries, study. That's it! Its much easier for our brains to pay attention to 3 or four words instead of whole sentences. I hope that I have helped, and that everyone reading this is having a lovely day<3 make sure to consistently drink water and eat!!
Also thank you for this Ted talk, very interesting

[karenluz]

The key : learn new things!!!! Help to develop new neurons🥰🥰🥰🥰 "More we learn, more connections we do"

[VinegarPotato]

I really needed this video. I literally took a final, went to sleep, just woke up so scared that I slept in and missed the final.

[tomasciron]

This video made me remember that tommorow is friday and its the deadline of my homework, and I Havent answer anything

[The_Study_Bug]

I'd already realized that we only remember what we pay attention to and what we deem to be important for us to remember, but I didn't know how I could remember things which I want to recall so thank you Ted talk!

[kaseychampion]

This talk scares me but also gives me joy. I thought I was on an island because I literally walk from the bedroom to the kitchen to get water hit the kitchen in 5 seconds and can’t remember I was there for water. Will continue to use tools to improve my memory but this is timely, for me.

[LizzySkater]

this is a really cool coincidence because i recently got her book called Remember and started reading it. this was great btw! thank you for sharing

[changeorbeextinct]

Excellent. Thank you for a very clear, articulate, open, informative and honest talk.

[stevon]

Excellent talk I feel so much better about my 70 yr old brain 🤯

[Canucksway]

1. Get enough sleep -- 8 hours at least.
2. A healthy Diet / No SUGAR / No MSG.
Mediterranean Diet Eat colorful foods. Take care oh your -- GUT Health
3. 30 mins 7 days a week -- (Think of it as "activity", not "exercise." )
4. Avoid stress -- Take care of yourself. (Avoid drugs and alcohol as they can add to stress).
5. Learning and doing new things.
6. Listen music -- Music affects the brain in profound ways. It eases stress by lowering cortisol. It floods the brain with pleasurable neurotransmitters like dopamine. And it serves as a conduit through which we can process emotions that otherwise might not be describable in words.

[Majid]

Thank you for this talk! That was very informative. I hear so many people spreading the “you only use 10% of your brain” information and honestly I have always doubt it. But anyway great talk, made me feel a lot better.

[ritikbhat]

I actually forgot what this video had said so I came back...I remember it was good 🥺