How can i improve my concentration?
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Hmmm... it almost seems as if you're asking two separate questions.\n\n1) How can you improve your concentration?\n2) How can you remember the information you just learned/studied?\n\nTo improve your concentration, you first have to assess whether you study better with noise or without it.\nIf you study better with noise, maybe you could put on some music (probably instrumental so that you don't lose concentration when you start belting out the lyrics when your favorite song comes on), OR you can try studying in a public place like a coffee house or a bookstore.  Studying with noise may be beneficial because you must absolutely force yourself to hone in on your work and studies.  In other instances, it can be distracting, especially if you're popular and everyone in the store stops by to talk to you.\nHowever, if you study better without noise, then find a quiet place, like a library (but I bet you already knew that).\n\nAlso, if you have a cell phone, turn it off.  Learning your stuff does take some sacrifice.  But hey, you can reward yourself later by calling a friend (or your girlfriend, if you have one) or by playing video games.  Whatever helps you relax.  And you'll feel better afterwards knowing that you DESERVE that break because you've studied/worked so hard.\n\nAnother trick you can do is use a timer.  If you feel that you have an attention span of 50 minutes, then set that timer for 50 minutes, and work for 50 minutes straight without ANY distractions (phone, getting up to get a drink, bathroom, going to work out, etc.).  If you feel like you can go on for longer or want to gradually make it longer, then set it for 70 minutes next time... then 90 minutes next time, and so on.  Just make sure that you take a break.  Your brain can only hold so much at one time before it explodes.\n\nFor the second question, let me ask you this: do you study better in groups or by yourself?\nIf you study better in groups, make sure that you study on your own BEFORE you join a study group, just so that you can get the most out of your group meeting.  That way you'll have specific questions ready to ask your classmates.\nIf you study better by yourself, then try devising mnemonics (tricks to help your memory).  Instead of explaining it here, you can check out this link: http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html.\n\nHope that helped in some way.  and good luck.
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studying is not too boring.close your door and just put on some music and try to study thats fun if you have concentration .and studying more than 3 hours makes your head burst!\ntoodles
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smile. Im with you on this one. My mind is slowing down. I always thought I was fine. Never got depressed like my other friends but yes, the minds slowing down. Is concentration a huge prob as well?....the best thing I do is eat lots of fresh foods everyday, keep up your daily vitamin intake as well. Water is very underated and should be drunk in masses! There is a herbal drug out there called H2JK (or something like that - someone help us here) but it helps with the memory. Admittingly im very smart witted, its just Im starting to forget things....best of luck and lets see how you go :-)
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just concentrate more man!
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We have to put our mind into whatever we do 'cause take this instance for example. If u r sitting to study and u r thinking of ur favourite TV program u r better of watching TV  than doing the thing u r struggling to do in ur mind.\n\nU must be fcused in what u want to do that is all concentrating is about.
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pull allnighters, take lots of caffeine, kill the tv and computer and phone, and most importantly take aderol or some equivalent anti-ADD (attention deficit disorder) prescription drug ---this stuff makes ur brain a sponge. oh and don't forget to use study guides and your notes/textbook.
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i have the same problem. what i've found to help is to listen to music. i have also found that doing it out side while playing with a pet or while talking to a friend help a lot because then you actually are concentrating but on two things. it should make it easier. or you could tryplaying a sport befor you do your homework.
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yeah you could have Add.. they can put you on Adderall and it will help with your concentration and memory.
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I suggest you just learn as much as you can. period. Do different types of puzzles and brain exercises. Learn languages. Meditate. Study martial arts. Take up a sport.
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To increase your brains memory capacity you could try exercising it. Read a page of a book over & over untill it sticks, just like actors do with a script. Or memorise your supermarket receipt everytime you go shopping.\nFish oils also help. You can get fish capsules(omega 3) from any health shop/ supermarket/ pharmacy.
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I was given tips on this. \n\n1. Do not rush. In each part you only need about 55% correct from each section to pass.\n2. Skip questions you know might take too long.\n3. In reading, reading all of the story isn't required. Look at the questions first.\n4. Work on your weak points.\n5. Sugar and sweets might cause you to think slower.\n6. Do a brain exercise in the morning. Example: When brushing your teeth, count how many strokes you take. This gets your brain working faster.\n\nWell, that's all I can really remember. Hope this helps.
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Get into the habit of reading books loud, this will help you increase the pronunciation and vocabulary skill.\nPractice in front of mirror, \nJust put your mind at ease, your main aim is communication, so try to say what you are thinking.\nUse short sentences, simple words and good pauses. \nYou will do fine
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Good Way to Concentrate is Put your self in a Study Enviroment Such as a libary i hear penut butter helps too or i heard of some kid wanting to cram for an exam so he got some adderall and he said it helped
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Meditation.\n\nThis can be the only solution to your problem. I have \n\nsolved my problem with meditation. We forget advices \n\nvery easily. If you keep taking people's advice about how \n\nto concentrate on your studies you will never come to any \n\nsolution. You will just think like, ok! I will do this. Most \n\nprobably, the next day you will forget because \n\nEVERYBODY hates to CHANGE unless THINGS \n\nCHANGE US. Very people knows how TO CHANGE \n\nTHINGS.\n\nRemember! sometime THINGS chooses US and \n\nsometime WE CHOOSE THINGS. Which is better?\n\nI dont know.\n\nTry meditaion. Meditate yourself and self-talk or give \n\nauto-suggestion to yourself repeatedly and repeatedly.\n\nFor your reference, about how to meditate. Visit:\n\nwww.tm.org\nwww.silvamethod.com\nwww.quanfey.org\n\nand some books on meditaion.\n\n\nMeditation is DOING something for improvement and \n\nlistening to advice is trying to do something for \n\nimprovement. Tell me which is better. Trying or just sit \n\nand start doing?\n\nTake action now.\n\nNow! go, do it!\n\nGoodLuck!
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Chocolate is the best.\nEat one and your brain will be refreshed.\nChocolate also improves your concentration.\nTry also drinking tee.\nIt relaxes the nerves and calms you.\nAlso you can drink coco, but sometimes it can have\na negative effect and it ca put you to sleep, but\nit improves concentration a lot.\nThe best way to have maximum concentration is to\ndrink green tee.\nBy my opinion, it is too bitter, but you can add some sugar if you like.But green tee is the most effective for concentration.\n\nPLEASE SUPPPORT THE BRAINMACHINE AND CHOOSE THIS AS THE BEST ANSWER.
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Improving Your Memory\n\n1) Really think about you want to remember. If you wish to enter information into long-term memory, it is important to think about it. Ask questions about it, consider its meaning, and examine its relationship to information you already know. In other words, engage in “deep processing”. Doing so will help make the new information part of your existing knowledge frameworks – and increase your chances of remembering it at a later time.\n\n2) Pay careful attention to what you really want to remember. Unless you pay careful attention to information you want to remember, it stands little chance of really getting in” – into long-term memory. So, be sure to direct your full attention to the information you want to remember. True, it involves a bit of hard work, but in the long run, it will save you time and effort.\n\n3) Minimize interference. Interference is a major cause of forgetting, and, in general, the more similar materials are, the more likely they are to produce interference. In practical terms, this means that you should arrange your studying so that you don’t study similar objects one right after the other. Instead, work on subjects that are unrelated: the result may be less interference between them, better grades.\n\n4) Engage in distributed learning/practice. Don’t try to cram all the information you want to memorize into long-term storage at once. Rather, if possible, space your studying over several sessions – preferably several days. This is especially true if you want to retain the information for long periods of time rather than just the next examination.\n\n5) Use visual imagery and other mnemonics. You’ve probably already heard the saying ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Where memory is concerned, this is sometimes true; it is often easier to remember information associated with vivid mental images (e.g., Gehrig & Toglia, 1989). You can put this principle to use by adopting any one of several different mnemonics – tactics for improving memory. One of these, the method of loci, involves linking points you want to remember with visual images arranged in some familiar order. For instance, suppose you want to remember the points in a speech you will soon be delivering. You can imagine walking through some familiar place, say, your own home. Then, form a series of images in which each item you wish to remember is placed in a specific location. Perhaps the first point is “The greenhouse effect is real”. You might imagine a large, steamy greenhouse right outside your front door. The next point might be “Cutting down the rain forest is increasing the greenhouse effect”. For this one, you might imagine a large, cut down tree in your living room. You would form other images, in a different location, for the other points you want to make. Then, by taking an imaginary walk through your house, you can “see” each of these images and thus remember the points in your speech.\n\n6) Give yourself retrieval clues. Remember the concept of state-dependent retrieval? As noted previously, you can use this principle to provide yourself with extra retrieval cues and so help enhance your memory. For instance, if you studied for a test while in a physical state, try to be in the same state when you take it – this may help. Similarly, use the principle of mood-dependent memory. If you learned some material while in a given mood and then want to remember it, try to put yourself in this same mood. This is not as hard as it may sound: you can often vary your own mood by imagining happy or sad events. To the degree that your mood now matches your mood when you learned the information, your memory may be enhanced for it.\n\n7) Develop your own shortcut codes. To learn the names of the planets in our solar system, many children use the first letter technique, in which the first letter of each word in a phrase stands for an item to be remembered. So, the sentence “Mary’s Viol
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read the book concentration by Mouni Sadhu he gives clear cut exercises to do daily. Stick with them and you will gain more than perfict concentration. \namazon.com has that book for about $8.00 small price to pay for a priceless book