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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 728" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="http://time.com/5474432/drawing-helps-boost-memory/" target="_blank">Always Forgetting Important Things? Here’s How to Fix That, According to Science - Time</a>Most people, when tasked with remembering something important, jot down a note. But <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0361073X.2018.1521432" target="_blank">a study</a> published recently in the journal Experimental Aging Research says there may be a better way to <a href="http://time.com/4697171/memory-method-of-loci-trick/" target="_blank">keep memories fresh</a>: draw a picture.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Drawing works your brain in ways that writing alone does not, forcing it to process visual information, translate the meaning of a word into an image and carry out a physical act all at once, says study co-author Melissa Meade, a doctoral candidate in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Waterloo in Canada. “It’s bringing online a lot of different brain regions that you wouldn’t bring online if you were just writing information out,” Meade explains. “We think this multifaceted approach of using the drawing technique benefits memory and the brain.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 728, member: 1"] [URL='http://time.com/5474432/drawing-helps-boost-memory/'][B]Always Forgetting Important Things? Here’s How to Fix That, According to Science - Time[/B][/URL] Most people, when tasked with remembering something important, jot down a note. But [URL='https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0361073X.2018.1521432']a study[/URL] published recently in the journal [I]Experimental Aging Research [/I]says there may be a better way to [URL='http://time.com/4697171/memory-method-of-loci-trick/']keep memories fresh[/URL]: draw a picture. Drawing works your brain in ways that writing alone does not, forcing it to process visual information, translate the meaning of a word into an image and carry out a physical act all at once, says study co-author Melissa Meade, a doctoral candidate in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Waterloo in Canada. “It’s bringing online a lot of different brain regions that you wouldn’t bring online if you were just writing information out,” Meade explains. “We think this multifaceted approach of using the drawing technique benefits memory and the brain.” [/QUOTE]

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