Human Mind
Science has learned a great deal about human mind in recent years, but much of its workings remain a subtle and little known process. One thing is certain – the human brain and the way it processes information is a thousand times more sophisticated than any computer or information processing system known to man. One might think that a computer stores information more reliably, but actually this is not so.Efficiency of a brain
The human brain is far more efficient and processes a great deal more information than a computer does. Perhaps you are sitting in your room reading this. Look at all the objects around you. You probably know each of them very well, and also retain a good memory about he location about a great many of the things in your home. There is also a lot of subtle information that you store that you may not even be aware of. You probably have a detailed memory of a picture on your wall, and of how bright the lights in your room will make the room when you switch them on.Tapestry of your life
You know what a cold wind feels like on a winter's morning, you know what the sun looks like reflected in the river. You know all these things and a thousand million things more, and they all go together to form the tapestry of your life, and your brain can access a great many of these memories on the spur of the moment.The key to a good memory
After all, we have to remember a great deal more things and use our brains in far more complex ways than our ancestors used to. So of course there's some loss of information. The key to a good memory lies in the way our brains work. The center of memory is a portion of the brain called the hippocampus, and it's function is to sort out all the facts that your mind is bombarded with every second of the day, and from these, to choose which facts will actually be stored in the memory pathways of the brain, and which facts will be discarded. So this is the key to why you instantly forget things that you want to remember sometimes.Remember things better
Remember, the hippocampus is not under your direct control, but functions more or less automatically. This is exactly as it should be. You don't have the time to catalog all the information your brain receives consciously, and that's why the brain evolved this area to automatically sort and catalog information for you. And if it makes mistakes sometimes, and forgets things, there's good news - it's possible to learn ways to 'cue' the hippocampus about things that you really want to remember, and it's even possible to gain a partial control over this area so that you can remember things better at will. And how to do all this is the focus of this guide.Here you will learn one or two of the best techniques and tricks to help you remember better. But you will also learn one or two facts about how the hippocampus (and the brain) works that will help you to permanently develop a refined, sophisticated and efficient memory that will rarely fail you.
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