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- Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil, this is the program where in just 6 minutes we discuss an intresting topic and teach some related English vocabulary. Joining me today this is Rob.

- Hello,... sorry Neil. How long did you say this program is?

- Six minutes, it's 6 Minute English Rob.

- Right, ok, sorry. What's your name again?

- Neil, my name is Neil, Rob. What's happend to your memory?

- Sorry Neil, to many things on my mind. It's affecting my shorter memory. But what I can remember is that in this program we're talking about improving our memory.

- We are. And I think you might find it quite useful, storing informations is an important function of our brains and scientists are always looking at ways to improve it but also to stop it detoriorating or becoming worst.

- Yes and we all know that memories, that's the noun for things we remember from the past, are nice to have but also important for remembering who people are, where things are kept and how things look.

- Soon we'll be discussing a new idea for improving your memory but not before I've said today's quizz question. There are many ways we can improve our memory, but one way is through the type of food we eat. According to the BBC food website which type of food support good memory function? Is it a) eggs, b) ...(?), c) bananas ?

- Well, as a kid, I was always told that ...(?) was good for me, ....(?)"I hate it, to make him strong" (?). So I'll say b)....

- Well, I'll have the answer later on. Now let's talk more about improving our memory. Memory is the ability to encode, store and recall information, the number of fact is going to affect people's memory processes including health, anxiety, mood, stress and tiredness.

- That's why, for example, if you're taking an exam, it's important to get a good night sleep and to keep healthy. But Neil when you're revising for an exam, what helps you to remember facts?

- I tend to write things down again and again and again and again.

- Huh, well, that's one way but people have different styles to help them remember. According to the BBC I wonder guide, there are three different styles : visual, auditory and kinestetic, that's learning by doing and practicing something over and over again. That sounds like me.

- But recently a new study has come up with a method that could possibly be the best way to improve your memory and that's by drawing. ...O' Connor who is a professor of psycology at the university of ... has been speaking about it on the BBC radio 4 program All on the mind. See if you could work out why.

- The authors certainly argue that one of the things that happen is by drawing these particular objects that it leads to this increased contextual representation of the objects and "one's mind"(?). It makes a lot of intuitive sense, the idea that if you have incoded something in a greater level of detail. It's like you're more likely to remember it. It's much stronger than just remembering the writing ..., the words.