Improve Your Memory With Brain Ignition July 2012

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Improve Your

Memory

Dr. Lucille Smassanow, Tau

[email protected]


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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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The Dendrite

The treelikeextensions of aneuron. Most

neurons havemultiple dendrites,which are short and

typically highly-branched.


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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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KinestheticMovements connected

with new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!



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KinestheticMovements connected

with new abstractlearning see it, say itand do it!


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?

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Improve Your Memory With Brain Ignition July 2012