🧠Memory Basics🧠
What are the Three Main stages of Memory?
What are encoding, storing, and retrieving?
What does Miller’s Magic Number say about how many items we can hold in short-term memory?
What is 7 items (plus or minus 2)?
What is one everyday example of forgetting something because you weren’t paying attention?
What is forgetting a name right after hearing it, losing your keys, or not remembering directions?
What is one benefit of having a daily routine?
What is it frees up brain space and makes tasks more automatic?
What are two exercises you can do while sitting down?
What are marching in place, arm raises, shoulder shrugs, toe taps, or big hugs? (Accept any two)
What common object was used to describe how memory works in this workshop?
What is a Bookshelf?
What is a mnemonic?
What is a memory aid that helps you remember things like lists, steps, or rules?
What does it mean to actively attend to something?
What is intentionally focusing, listening, and noticing details in the moment?
Habits are what kind of memory and tend to stick?
What is procedural memory?
What kind of foods does the Mediterranean Diet recommend eating often?
What are fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, and olive oil?
What does "encoding" mean in terms of memory?
What is putting information on the shelf (paying attention to and taking in information)?
What memory strategy involves repeating information over increasing intervals of time?
What is spaced retrieval?
What do you call it when you focus on the speaker, avoid distractions, and listen with the goal of understanding?
What is active listening?
What tool can help you remember appointments, events, and to-do lists if used consistently?
What is a planner or calendar?
What’s one way physical activity helps your brain?
What is improves blood flow, boosts decision-making, or strengthens memory? (Accept any)
True or False: As we age, we cannot create new neural connections.
What is false?
New procedural memories can still be formed through repetition.
What is chunking, and how does it help with memory?
What is breaking information into smaller, manageable groups to make it easier to remember?
What percentage of new information is forgotten within one hour if you don’t do anything with it?
What is 50%?
Name one way organizing your environment can reduce memory mistakes.
What is reducing clutter, keeping items in the same place, or limiting the number of places you store things?
What is the name of the diet that combines DASH and Mediterranean to support brain health?
What is the MIND diet?
What is the difference between short-term and long-term memory storage?
What is short-term memory holds information briefly, while long-term memory stores it for future use through repetition and rehearsal?
Name one internal strategy and one external strategy to help you remember something.
What are: internal – mnemonics, visual imagery, memory palace; external – lists, alarms, planners? (Accept any 1 of each type)
Name two ways to manage distractions that make it hard to pay attention.
What are reduce background noise, declutter your space, manage internal thoughts, take breaks, etc.? (Accept any two)
Why do habits and routines make it easier to remember things over time?
What is they become automatic and take less mental effort to recall?
What is one type of balance exercise older adults can do to help prevent falls?
What is side-stepping along a counter, standing on one leg, or walking with one foot in front of the other?