MEMORY SKILLS

1. MEMORY SKILLS • Storing & Retrieving Information • Skill • Improve With Practice

2. MEMORY SYSTEM • Sensory Register • Accepts Information • Holds for Few Seconds (ST Memory) • Forgotten or • Sent to LT Memory

3. MEMORYRemembering • Observations • Association • Visualizing

4. MEMORY? Improving ? • Easier Remember Items of Interest • Select Most Significant – not details • Pay Attention • Understand • Intend to Remember • Positive Attitude – I can remember • Aware of Ego – recognize when negative • When negative: ignore negative, remember positive • Associate – connect items • Understand Background • Organize – logically group associated items “Memory Skills in Business,” Madelyn Burley-Allen

5. MEMORIZINGImproving • Associate New with what you Know • Observant at All Times • Visualize • Mnemonics

6. MEMORYYOUR Brain • LEFT • Logic – can’t skip over gaps • Verbal • Spoken Language, Reading, Writing • Likes Words, Information, Numbers In Logical Order • Analytical • Strengthen by: • Observations • Concentration, Etc.

7. MEMORYYOUR Brain • RIGHT • Intuition • Visual • Creative • Thinking • Observes Non-Verbal • Remembers Faces, Impressions, Etc.

8. MEMORYYOUR Brain • LEFT & RIGHT • Complimentary • When Each Provides Dimensions Other Lacks • Conflicting • Mutual Antagonism

9. MEMORIZINGPhotographic Memory(Very Unique Talent) • John Neumann, • Mathematician • Memorize Names, Addresses & Telephone Numbers on Entire Page of Phone Book On Sight When 8 Years Old

10. MEMORIZING • Visual • Auditory Learner • “Attaches” Descriptions to Signs/Cues • Makes Comparisons to Remember