{"id":18761,"date":"2016-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-to-improve-your-memory-in-four-seconds\/"},"modified":"2016-04-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:00:00","slug":"how-to-improve-your-memory-in-four-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/how-to-improve-your-memory-in-four-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve your memory in 4 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Instead of writing it out, repeating it to yourself or whatever other quirky trick you might\u2019ve developed, scientists say there is a more effective way to remember something\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Draw it.<\/p>\n<p>Studies published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17470218.2015.1094494?journalCode=pqje20\" target=\"_blank\">Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology<\/a> claim to have proven the memory benefits of drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Subjects in the series of studies were given 30 words and then had to either repeatedly write or draw each for 40 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>After a \u201cfiller task\u201d, subjects were then given a surprise memory test.<\/p>\n<p>Participants recalled more than double the proportion of drawn words than written words, <a href=\"https:\/\/digest.bps.org.uk\/2016\/04\/want-to-remember-something-draw-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to Research Digest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to improve your memory in 4 seconds | FIVEAA\" title=\"How to improve your memory in 4 seconds | FIVEAA\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/drawing.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>In additional experiments, drawing was shown to be a better memory aid than visualising, writing or looking at pictures of different words. Drawing amazingly still held its advantage even when subjects were given only FOUR seconds to draw a word!<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe propose that drawing, through the seamless integration of its constituent parts, produces a synergistic effect, whereby the whole benefit is greater than the sum of the benefit of each component,\u201d the study\u2019s authors said.<\/p>\n<p>But they admit more research needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we did show that the drawing effect is reliable in group testing in our experiments, the content was still only single words and hardly representative of an academic setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/richard-douglas-tells-fans-how-to-treat-kurt-tippett\">CROWS STAR TELLS FANS HOW TO HANDLE KURT TIPPETT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-penberthy-and-will-goodings-challenge-stephen-mullighan-over-footpath-bike-laws\">DAVID AND WILL CHALLENGE MINISTER OVER FOOTPATH LAWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of writing it out, repeating it to yourself or whatever other quirky trick you might\u2019ve developed, scientists say there is a more effective way to remember something\u2026 Draw it. 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