Memory and language learning

Most of language learning at its base is memory, to learn words and grammar

How trauma affects memory I recall reading a while back that there was a study where subjects were shown a series of Photos. Most were neutral or pleasant; however, inter mixed, pictures of traumatic scene, things that are universally horrible, accidents and such. After the subjects viewing the photos were given a memory recall test [...]

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Rosemary for memory I grew up in the New England countryside, which was settled in the 1600s. If you are a colonial history buff you know that the colonial departed were buried with rosemary.  Rosemary was used not as a preservative, which it is because of the antioxidants in rosemary, but rather for remembrance.  Even [...]

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Hormones connected to emotions make your memories stronger If you want to remember something connect it to a strong memory. If you want to learn a language, fall in love with someone speaking that language and your hippocampus will be bathed in hormones that will help you with this process. The exact mechanism is phosphate [...]

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Your memory is interrelated to your attitude toward your memory Do not believe people who say intelligence is a gift, that it is all in the genes. That memory is something you have or you do not. That you can learn a language or not based on your effort but on if you have a [...]

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Learning and circadian rhythm Some people learn better in the morning others in the evening.  I learn best right before I go to bed and right when I wake up.  However, its not just a question of learning in the morning or in the evening, its about the biology of your brain and how your [...]

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Technique to learn words If you need to learn a word. One way you can remember it is close your eyes and spell it in the air. See the word. See it and spell it with your finger like you are writing it. I know this sounds funny but you are using your motor skills [...]

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Hypnotism to learn a language What is hypnotism Hypnotism is a form of progressive relaxation, either directed or self induced that eases your conscious mind so you will more easily accept positive suggestions.  Hypnotism is not some trance in which someone has power over you.  It is more on par with an alpha state you [...]

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Meaning and learning If you can make your learning mean something. It will connect deeply with your emotional and learning center of your brain and you will learn a language. Children learn to survive The reason a child learns so well,  is there is nothing more important and meaningful to a child than to learn.  [...]

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Improve your memory Memory improvement technique One way to improve your memory is to every night before you go to bed,  review your day in reverse, in your imagination.  That is,  see what you did just before you got into bed, then just before that, and before that, until you have your whole day like [...]

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How long does it take to learn a language How long to learn a language The following is based on my estimates of how long it takes an adult who is learning by self study to bring themselves to a conversational level How long does it take to learn a language First how long does [...]

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