Here's my latest memory improvement tip. I hope you find it helpful!

I bet you didn't know you could become more intelligent. Most people assume you are born with all the intelligence you will ever have. But apparently you can become even smarter!

According to a study by the University of Michigan, one type of memory training not only improves your memory but also increases your IQ.

Researchers found that people who regularly trained their "working memory" also boosted their general problem-solving ability as well as their "fluid intelligence". Fluid intelligence is what you use to understand relationships between new concepts and to solve new problems.

So if you want to be more intelligent, start exercising your working memory!

Working memory is also known as short-term memory. It is the ability to hold and use a limited amount of information temporarily in your mind, even while you are being distracted.

Here's a simple exercise for you to try. Open a phone book and place your finger randomly on a page. Look at the phone number under your finger and quickly memorize it.

While holding that number in your short-term memory, start a conversation with someone in the room or pick up a book and start reading. Try not to forget the phone number while you are doing this.

After a couple minutes of talking or reading, stop and immediately write down the phone number you have been holding in your memory.

This exercise can be very challenging depending on how much you are being distracted and how long you wait to write the phone number down. But guess what, it was worth it. You just increased your fluid intelligence a small amount.

A more structured way to train your working memory is to play well-designed brain games. For example, the brain training service that I use has games specifically designed to improve working memory ("Memory Match" is one of the games I'm thinking of in particular).

You can read more about the University of Michigan study here.

For more tips and strategies for improving your brain, see my site

Memory-Improvement-Tips.com

Best Regards,

Douglas