CEN 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Endorphins

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Common Engineering
• Course: CEN 100
• Professor: Lamya Amleh

Document Summary

Memory enhancement using visualization to organize and recall information. Useful in recalling digits, and lists, items in sequence. Method of loci: recap: identify a place with which you are very familiar, visualize that place and its features in your mind. E. g. door, kitchen table, bathroom sink, bedroom dresser: associate each item to be remembered with a particular feature of that place. Hint: the more unusual your association, the more likely you are to remember it! Visualize each feature of the place and the association you formed for an item to be remembered. More study strategies: highlighting, re-reading, mnemonics (depends on subject) Mental energy: a limited resource: our mental awareness / attention / focus is a limited resource, we must make tough decisions about how we spend out mental energy. Improves memory functioning: heightens your focus for 2-3 hours afterwards by improving blood flow, gives you energy (not deplete it)