Memory

Memory loss and memory growth

Talking of memory loss, you know there are three signs of old age… The first is memory loss. And I can’t remember the other four… Who first said that? And, as Nicholas Parsons has asked, why is it OK to joke about old age, when we’re so careful not to [...]

Health, Memory

What is it about exercise that helps you to improve your memory?

What’s going on when you use your muscles and how can that possibly improve your memory and help you to pass exams? To answer that question, we’d have to look at how you make energy, and where it’s made. Our muscles are the means by which we move about – [...]

Health, Memory

Where’s the evidence that exercise will improve your memory?

That’s a good question, and indeed there is ample evidence to demonstrate how you can improve your memory through exercise. One such study was of British civil servants. Guess what they discovered? A British study, repeated in other countries, took 10,000 civil servants aged 35 to 55. They rated their [...]

Health, Memory

Exercise will improve your health and improve your memory too!

Aerobic exercise cuts down your chances of getting age-related dementia by 50%. It cuts your risk of Alzheimer’s by a whopping 60% and if you were to walk 20 min every day, your risk of stroke by 57%. But did you know, it will also improve your memory and keep [...]

Brain, Health

Exercise will improve your memory!

You’re probably aware that exercise is good for you! You’re probably also aware that exercise is good for your brain and will improve your memory. So let’s have a look at the science that demonstrates what happens when you exercise – what specifically helps your brain to stay in tiptop [...]

Health, Learning

The lazy way to better grades

It’s early days, but it just might be that sleeping late in the morning is the ideal way to get better grades in your exams! If you’ve ever woken up grumpy and confused, you won’t be surprised that David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia concluded from his [...]

Brain, Health

Exercise for a better memory in CII exams

For those of you looking to improve your memory for CII exams, but who baulk at the idea of exercise, the bad news is nothing works better! The good news though is that you can get away with gentle walking for half an hour, three times a week. Surely we [...]