improve your memory with brain ignition july 2012
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Improve Your
Memory
Dr. Lucille Smassanow, Tau
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Objective (SWBT)Improve
memory byapplying
learnedtechniques
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You will learn aseries of exercisesand strategies for
rememberinganything, likewhere you are
leaving your carkeys to learningnew vocabulary
words!
Improve Your Memory!
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Old Dogs CanLearn New Tricks
The human brain has anastonishing ability to adaptand changeeven into old
age. This ability is knownas neuroplasticity.
With the right stimulation,your brain can form newneural pathways, alteringexisting connections,adapting and reacting inever-changing ways.
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Preparing to Remember
Crossing the mid-line (ourbody is symmetrical)
Two sides of our Brain Left is
logical/sequential/orderly Right is global/creative Dominant side Exercise both hemispheres
for optimal memoryenhancement
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Take Care of Our Body Get plenty of sleep, 6-8
hours
Eat plenty of fruits andvegetables
Limit saturated fats Drink 1 glass of wine a day
(Red wine appears to be the bestoption, as it is rich in resveratrol, aflavonoid that boosts blood flow in thebrain and reduces the risk of
Alzheimers disease).
Sing
Laugh
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Brain Ignition - Research
Dr. Henry H. Holcomb Professor ofPsychiatry at University of Maryland & Dr.Resza Shadmehr, Biomedical Engineering
Professor at Johns Hopkins (Mid 1980spresent) physical motor exercisesactivates temporal lobe of the brain which
causes us to remember what we havelearned.
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Recent Research
Dr. Lucille Smassanow : Brain Ignition TM2003- present: experimentation &research in KT movement and memory
movements connected to abstract learningcreating an optimal condition forpermanent learning.
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ARA(acquire, remember and apply)
KinestheticMovements connectedwith new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!
Acquire, Rememberand Apply (ARA) (palmswirling)
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ARA learning a newword/concept
A AcquireLook at the word and itsdefinition palm swirl while saying W&D
R Remember say it, grab it, play the piano
while saying the word and definitionA Apply Close your eyes and swirl, play the
piano and/or grab it while reciting the wordand definition
Conation is a noun. Conation is a mental processinvolving the will or desire to something
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The Neuron
Specialized cells inthe nervoussystem.
These nerve cellsprocess andtransmit
information fromone part of thebody to another.
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ARA(acquire, remember and apply)
KinestheticMovements connectedwith new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!
Acquire, Rememberand Apply (ARA) (palmswirling)
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The Dendrite
The treelikeextensions of aneuron. Most
neurons havemultiple dendrites,which are short and
typically highly-branched.
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ARA(acquire, remember and apply)
KinestheticMovements connectedwith new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!
Acquire, Rememberand Apply (ARA) (palmswirling)
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The Dendrite
Dendrites arespecialized for
receiving informationand form synapticcontacts with theterminals of other
nerve cells to allownerve impulses to betransmitted.
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Create a Focused, MotivatedCondition
Think for a momentabout what you havelearned over timeand have neverforgotten.
Physical movementcoupled with verbalreinforcement, andrepeated practiceprepares you toremember anything!
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to Learn!
Lets look at a fewbrain ignitionkinesthetic tactual
strategies, exercisesand techniques topractice that motivate,enthuse and stimulate
learners to connectthe new informationfor permanentretention.
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Brain Exercises
While reading a storytry reading onesentence left to rightand the next right toleft.
With twopens/pencils, writeyour name with yournon-dominant handstarting on the rightand your dominanthand starting on the
left.
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Brain Exercises With a pen or pencil in
each handsimultaneously write or
print your name.
Crossing your forearmstry to tap a surface or
the air with alternatingfingers.
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Brain Exercises
Comb your hair,brush your teeth, stira beverage, flip a
coin, swirl water in aglass with your non-dominant hand.
Try wearing yourwatch on theoppositewrist.
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Brain Exercises
With your armsextended straight outin front of you move
your hands horizontallyin a scissor motionwith palms up thendown.
Sing while walking,swinging arms andalternating legs
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Brain Exercises
Simultaneously pat yourhead and rub your
stomach with the non-dominant hands.
In alternating motion,touch your left ear withyour right pointer fingerand your right ear withyour left pointer finger.
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Brain Exercises
Finger dance: poise bothindex and middle fingerson a surface and movethem as if they weredancing legs. Sing whileyour fingers dance.
Silent finger tap byjoining index fingers and
thumbs at the prints.Bring the two togetherthen separate, creating asilent tap.
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Brain Exercises Learn and practice
sign language.
Situate an item onyour left. Crossover with yourright hand to the
left and pick up theitem (Reverse).
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Brain Exercises
Swim on dry land
alternating arm andleg movements.
Run or walk in place
swinging arms andlegs alternately.
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Brain Exercises
Pretend youare climbing a
ladder usingalternatingleg and arm
movements.
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ARA(acquire, remember and apply)
KinestheticMovements connected
with new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!
Acquire, Rememberand Apply (ARA) (palmswirling)
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ARA(acquire, remember and apply)
KinestheticMovements connected
with new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!
Acquire, Rememberand Apply (ARA) (palmswirling)
What Do You
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What Do YouRemember?
1. What isARA?
2. What is a Neuron?
3. What is a
Dendrite?
4. What Part ofspeech is conation
and what is thedefinition?
5. How will you usethese exercises and
techniques?