Meaningfulness Effect on Memory

How well do you remember? #memory

One aspect that affects your ability to remember something is how meaningful the information is to you. A doctor is more likely to remember medical facts than a lawyer, who is in turn more likely to remember legal information. What this means is that the more you know about a topic, the faster you will learn additional information. The familiarity and meaningfulness of the information will provide cues to help your memory.

You can use this to help make material that you want to learn more meaningful. If the topic you are trying to learn is unfamiliar, try relating it to something familiar. As you study, see if you can find similarities to something that you are very knowledgeable about. The more familiar things that you can associate with a particular fact, the more ways that you will have to remember that fact.

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Today in History for 10th July 2016

Historical Events

1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
1932 – Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A’s beats Indians in longest relief job
1982 – Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
1988 – Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1997 – Louise Woodward’s trial begins in Mass, Nanny murder trial
2015 – 23 people are killed and 50 are injured in a stampede at a free clothing drive in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Famous Birthdays

1888 – Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer)
1940 – Mills Watson, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear), born in Oakland, California
1941 – Jake Eberts, film producer (Chariots of Fire, Dances with Wolves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)
1949 – John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor
1984 – Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004

Famous Deaths

1103 – Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1680 – Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
1683 – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1908 – Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
1937 – Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56
1979 – Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84

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