Memory

Why do scientists spend so much time studying how memory works?

• Because it is one of the most interesting functions of the human brain

• Because it is easy to process

• Because it can hold up to seven bits of information

• Because scientists are trying to figure out how memory can be so limited for many people

Which statement about short-term memory is true?

• It can hold up our friend's new mobile phone number

• You will not remember it after an hour

• We can not put our postal code in our short-term memory

• We will store our e-mail password that has 9 digits in our short-term memory

How does information move from short-term to long term memory?

• By reading it aloud when the teacher asks us to read it silently

• By performing a dialog

• By repeating after the teacher

• By repeating it and using it often

What is long-term memory?

• Something new that will stay in our memory for 20-30 seconds

• Something can hold up to seven bits of information

• The place where memories are stored for a long time

• Memory from a scientist a long time ago

What kind of things do we forget?

• Something that we think is necessary like our ATM PIN

• Things that are not important

• Things that we use often

• Things that we repeat often

Who was Winston Churchill?

• He is the prime minister of the U.K.

• An Ex prime minister the U.K.

• The former vice president of the U.K.

• A person who met Shakespeare in U.K.

What did Dominic O'Brien do in 1993?

• He has won the World Memory Championship 8 times

• He beat Wang Feng

• He broke the record by memorizing 900 numbers in an hour

• He wrote several books on techniques he uses to improve his memory to win the competition

Who holds the record of memorizing 2,660 random numbers?

• Wang Feng

• Winston Churchill

• Dominic O'Brien

• Tong Fang

What can we do to improve our memory?

• Learning arabic

• Learning Indonesian

• Exercising annually

• Sleeping all the time

Try to ________________ your PIN number, because it is dangerous to write it down

• Venue

• Memorize

• Room

• Fill up