Large water mammals.
The genus that seahorses are classified in.
This YouTube video by zefrank1.
You’ve been pronouncing it wrong your whole life.
Okay, on to more important matters. I’m talking about the part of your brain where processes like learning, memory, and emotion take place: the hippocampus.
The brain is necessary for making new memories. If it weren’t for the hippocampus, we would all be stuck living in the past – that is, if we could even create a past. This is when Alzheimer’s kicks in. The disease affects this part of the brain first, making it nearly impossible to make new memories.
The hippocampus is involved with other severe mental diseases, too: depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia to name a few.
This important part of the brain is also highly affected by estrogen. Is this good or bad for women? Well, due to the multitude of extra nerve connections that this hormone makes in the hippocampus, it’s great news for women. This hormone could help us to prevent serious mental illnesses.
So, after reading about the some of the discouraging facts of mental illnesses, here are some things you can do to take action and do to strengthen your memory each day – that is, if you don’t forget to do them!
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Laugh a lot!
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Do aerobic exercises to get oxygen flowing
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Get your z’s
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Eat protein!
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Attach meaning to things you are trying to memorize
And here are a few awesome (free!) websites to go to for memory improvement and studying:
- Hippocampus.org
- Rainymood
- Sleepyti.me
- The Ultimate Health Food Guide
- Genius.com – Shoutout to all my English majors