Find out the best ways on how to improve memory with our top tips guide. Including tips on short and long term memory and the important foods.
Most of us can lose our train of thought midway through a sentence but when you’re a stand-up comic, it can spell disaster – as comedian Billy Connolly knows.
The 70-year-old Scot admitted last week he now suffers from worrying bouts of memory loss on stage and sometimes cannot remember his punch lines for gags.
His wife Pamela Stephenson puts it down to years of drinking in his early career.
But absent-mindedness is not just about “senior moments”, says neuropsychologist Dr Joanna Iddon, co-author of Memory Boosters (Hamlyn Press, £6.99)
“In a recent study of healthy adults, the average number of memory slips, like putting the coffee jar in the fridge, was around six per week, irrespective of age, gender and intelligence,” says Dr Iddon.
“In fact, it was the younger, busier people that were the most absent-minded.
“Remembering is an active process and making the most of your memory involves paying better attention, planning and organising.
“Luckily, there are some tricks and strategies to help you banish those thingumabob moments.”
Source: Top tips on how to improve your memory – Mirror Online – Mirror Online
