hey guys this is Ron white maybe it saw
me on the National Geographic show brain
games
I'm also a two time USA memory champion
in this video we're going to talk about
what long-term memory is and how you can
improve it
first of all what is long-term memory
let's play a game where were you on
September 11 2001 can you tell me where
were you on October 25th of that year
you probably have no idea unless it was
a birthday or an anniversary how about
this have you ever been in a car
accident if so could you tell me the
time of day who was driving how it
occurred and where it occurred I bet
even if it was five or 10 years ago you
can tell me all the details of that car
accident but let me ask you this could
you tell me every time you've driven in
a car since then of course not now why
do you remember some things in your
long-term memory but you don't remember
other things so why do you remember
where you were on September 11th but not
October 25th why do you remember the car
accident but not every where you've
driven the reason for this is there was
action and emotion involved in those
things and action and emotion will
cement something in your long-term
memory before we give steps on how to
improve your long-term memory what is
long-term memory long-term memory is
anything that's been in your memory for
longer than 30 seconds short-term memory
capacity is limited to about 4 to 7
pieces of information held in your
short-term or working memory but if
something can be remembered long enough
it makes it to your long-term memory and
long-term memory capacity is almost
unlimited
research suggests that memories are not
stored in your long-term memory in a
static stake but instead every time that
they are recalled they're transformed or
changed a little bit and this leads
people to sometimes having false
memories
there are really three types of
long-term memory the first one is
procedural memory and this is where you
you remember or you learn how to do
something such as riding a bicycle that
is going to be in your procedural
long-term memory semantic long-term
memory is responsible for storing
information that you know about the
world
for example remembering that London is
the capital of England would be in your
semantic long-term memory your episodic
memory is the memory that's responsible
for remembering events in your life
perhaps you remember your first day of
school or you remember a car accident or
where you were on September 11th this is
your episodic long-term memory now the
big question is is how can you improve
your long-term memory I'm going to give
you four steps to improving your
long-term memory
the first step is actually my most
favorite memory training technique if
you've watched my videos you know I
talked about the mind Palace and that's
the first step in improving your
long-term memory you need to build
yourself a mind Palace and essentially
what that is is memorizing a map of your
home now you already have your home
memorized so really all I'm asking to do
is to number of pieces of furniture in
your house this is how you do it stand
in the doorway of every room in your
house and number five pieces of
furniture one two three four five good
items to number of desks beds TVs
refrigerators stove microwave computers
lamps then go to the next room six seven
eight nine ten then go to the next room
eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen
these are going to be locations in your
brain where you're going to store
information that you want to recall
later so create your mind palettes that
is step
one of improving your long-term memory
step number two is action your brain
remembers things that have action tied
to them that's why you remember the car
accident that slamming that impact was
action your brain remembers action so
create images in your mind with tons of
action and then store that action
mentally on pieces of furniture the
third step to improve in your long term
memory after mine palace and action is
emotion tons and tons of emotion why do
you remember the person in high school
that you had a crush on but you don't
remember the person you sat beside every
day in English class emotion emotion
ties things into your memory that's
another reason why you remember where
you were on September 11th the emotion
of that day the fear of that day the
emotion of it seemed nted it into your
memory so when you create these pictures
action and emotion are crucial and then
make it a vivid picture full of action
emotion and tie it to a piece of
furniture so let's say you're in your
history class and you want to remember a
fact about World War two on the first
piece of furniture in your house you
would see about a world war two battle
but to make sure it goes in your
long-term memory tons of action so that
means you would see bullets flying
everywhere bombs exploding but also
involve emotion maybe when you look at
that piece of furniture imagine the fear
that would be involved in seeing a
battle so use your mind palace action
and emotion to remember a key detail and
the last step to putting something in
your long-term memory is review spaced
repetition what I like to do is memorize
something today using my mind palace so
I might have 25 or 30 things that I want
to recall I'll turn them into a picture
with action and emotion seam around my
mind palace I will review them today
then I will review them tomorrow I will
review them in a week and then I will
review them in a
that spaced repetition will make sure
that it goes into my long-term memory so
my favorite memory training technique by
far is the mind palace it can get you
some incredible results but it has to be
done the right way just one mistake here
there are going to dramatically impact
the result that you would get so to help
you master it I've put together a free
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