Memory only registers when it finds a type of order enabling it to commit data to memory.

We noticed this in the shopping list exercise, but the system is applicable everywhere. Any exercise that allows us to find an order in random items is an excellent task for our memory. Obviously it always requires our attention.

Scrabble, crossword puzzles, and other word games are excellent stimulants.

Here are a few examples of this type of structuring :

The game of anagrams :

The words below are anagrams for world capital cities.
Can you put the letters back in order and find the hidden word ?

DADIRM	ASOGWNITNH	Check the solution
SMAMADRET	LOCHTMOKS
OCOWMS	BARCANER
GAKBONK	COMIXE
CORIA	MELERASUJ
TRIEUB	LONGLIWNET

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Boggle

In the Boggle game below, the aim is to build as many words of three or more letters as you can with the letters in the square, The rule is : starting from any letter, you must use the next letter in any direction. You cannot jump a letter, but you can use the same letter twice in a word. Proper names are allowed.

R	E	M	P	Example   See how you go about forming the word “SHARED” In the same way, you can make dozens of words of 3 to 9 letters.	Check the solution
T	A	L	O
S	H	R	U
D	E	S	I

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World capitals :



MADRID, AMSTERDAM, MOSCOW, BANGKOK, CAIRO, BEIRUT, WASHINGTON, STOCKHOLM, CANBERRA, MEXICO, JERUSALEM, WELLINGTON .

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The Boggle words :

There was the 9-letter word “MEMORISED”, but also TEMPLATE, LATERAL, PLEASED, ALERTS, MOUSE, THRUSH, POLAR, etc...

 

 

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