As easy to memorize information: a method proven by scientists
Tips / / December 19, 2019
According to Colin MacLeod (Colin MacLeod), a professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo in Canada, when you say the information out loud, then it is better to be encoded in your mind.
Together with his team, he conducted a studyThis time it's personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself.In which the subjects had to memorize information in four different ways. Participants read a lot of random words to myself and out loud, listen to your own voice recording, as well as how the words read by someone else.
Those who read aloud aloud, remember the most words. In second place were the people who listened to the recording. They were followed by the subjects who listened to someone else. Less words preserved in the memory of those who read to himself.
Colin MacLeod (Colin MacLeod), a professor of psychologysituation was the worst case have silent types. A little better when you hear someone's voice. It is much better if you hear your own voice, but it is best to say the words themselves, but also at the same time to hear your own voice and move their own language.
In his last study, MacLeod considered the preservation of information in long-term memory. However, his early research has shown that, saying the words out loud, it is possible to achieve improvements and short-term memory. For example, if you fear that you forget to close the door to the house or turn off the oven, clearly say: "I closed the door" or "I turned off the stove."
While researchers do not know why the use of voice promotes storing information. Now they are going to study the physiological characteristics of the phenomenon.
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