Relax to Remember

Did you know that the human brain can store more than a billion items in long-term memory?... But do you wonder sometimes why you cannot remember the simplest things such as items you want to buy at the supermarket?

It is because they (grocery items) are in your short term memory, which has more limited capacity of between five and nine items. Putting things in our long-term memory is easy, as long as you are in a relaxed 'learning mode'. Recalling them when we want to is not as easy because they are stored in the subconscious part of the mind.

You know what it is like...walking down the street you run into...?? nod a brief hello. About 100 metres down the street, you stop. Their name pops into your mind. Your mind has been searching the subconscious for it.

To recall items from our subconscious we need to relax and slow down the electrical activity, in essence, to slow the brain. If we are stressed the brain speeds up and this makes it harder to recall things. At worst it becomes a 'stress attack' and the brain shuts down. 

Tutoring in small groups is best at creating the slow or alpha state... like the environment at Light House Tuition.