1 Easy Way To Improve Your Memory? (not what you think)

Sleep.

A time to recharge the old batteries…

Or drift off into dreamland…

And a time for your body to repair the damage to the cells in your body!

Also, sleep may be a time where your memory is working in overdrive to store some of the information you gained from your day.

That’s right!

Your brain – or more specifically your memory – doesn’t process and store ALL the information you gained through the day.

And sleep may play a large role in your brains ability to store memories.

Now, researchers are showing that as you get older- sleep may decline, which could lead to an inability of your brain to process – and store – the information you gained throughout the day.

Sleep and Memory

As you get older, your sleep may start to deteriorate, causing you endless stress and a lot of waking hours.

Plus, it may lead to grogginess, fogginess, and worst of all, poor memory.

Now, it’s true that your brain processes events that occur throughout the day, and may “encode” it to be entered into memory.

However, not all the information that you process and encode makes it to the memory area of your brain!

And when you have poor sleep habits, well, this may just make the system worse!

Researchers who wanted to understand the connection between sleep and memory evaluated how sleep deprivation affects your memory.

Here is what they found:

First, they discovered that during deep sleep, the brain may be better in tune to store and retain information gathered throughout the day.

And this may strengthen the way your brain handles, processes, and stores this information.

However, when sleep is disrupted – which commonly occurs as you age – it may disrupt your deep sleep patterns.

They showed that spending less time in REM sleep (deep sleep) may impair your frontal lobe, therefore further hindering your body’s ability to reach – and stay in – deep sleep.

And this poses dangers to the way your brain stores your memories!

So what can you do?

Ways to Encourage Better Sleep

There are many ways to encourage and improve the way you sleep!

First, you need to be sure you avoid caffeinated beverages after dinner.  Caffeine is a stimulant and wakes your body up. 

This could easily lead to keeping your body alert for longer and preventing a good night’s sleep!

Secondly, if you’re an avid exerciser, you should focus your exercise training in the morning or afternoon.

Exercise is great for stress relief and promoting health.  But doing it to close to bedtime may actually prevent you from falling asleep!

Be sure to keep you exercise in the morning or the afternoon to ensure the best sleep possible!

Lastly, make sure the room you’re sleeping in is as dark as possible.

The reason for this is to make sure your body thinks it is night time, which could make you stay asleep longer.

You want as little light as possible to ensure that your body keeps with its natural rhythm.  If there is light, it may lead your body to thinking its daytime, therefore disrupting your normal sleep patterns.

Avoid computers, TVs, or cell phones in your bedroom, because they shed too much light.

Taking these steps may lead to better overall sleeping patterns!

And this may lead to better memory…

Increased alertness…

Better overall weight loss…,

And other tremendous health benefits!



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