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Scott Hagwood:
And one of the best ways to be able to understand how you improve your memory is to understand how you remember.

Memory expert Scott Hagwood, author of the book Memory Power…

For example when you give something your complete and undivided attention you automatically raise your level of awareness. You know, you think about watching a movie, watching a television show or listening to a radio program; when that has your undivided attention you'll become amazed at the level of detail that you're able to remember simply by giving your complete and undivided attention. The next thing is to be able to raise your level of emotion or your arousal. That's why we remember where we were or what we were doing or who we were talking to when the 9/11 incident happened because our natural state of awareness, our fear, our concern was raised so the level of detail we have in our mind was quite extraordinary because our emotion level was raised.

So, you'll always remember better if you give something your undivided attention and you get emotionally involved.

And the third thing is understanding what is atypical, or different, novel, unique- when you're learning something ask yourself this question: "What is it that I know now that I didn't know just a moment ago?" And because it's different, novel, unique - those three things can naturally enhance your memory.

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