The brain – an untapped potential
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Presenter(s): Mateja Slemenik
Presentation will be in Slovene language.

The brain is our computer, but we make too little use of it. In the modern world there is a huge amount of information, data that we need to remember and use. However, since not everyone has a photographic memory, I will present a method of memorizing words, memorizing with the help of associations, memorizing numbers, memorizing letters (alphabets), the palace of memory and memorizing foreign words respectively a foreign language. Of course, there is an endless possibility of combining and incorporating the remaining techniques with each other as well. For example it is very gratifying to combine the technique of remembering words with the technique of associations, or the technique of remembering numbers with the technique of remembering through associations. With years and many opportunities of perfecting the use of our skills, the use of individual memory techniques is also perfected and developed. Many times they become self-evident to us and part of our thinking, so when we use them we are no longer even aware of them and automate them. Talented students are constantly looking for methods to find a way to have as much "free" time as possible after the work is done. So they start already after a few meetings to look for connections and memory shortcuts that are close to them. This is my basic goal. With attention and memory training we are well on our way to avoid dementia, or at least we can postpone it for a few years or even a decade until old age. This will greatly improve our social and emotional behaviour and thus we can raise the quality of our lives. This is the best investment into our lives.