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Comments(2) I liked reading this article. In high school I loved to memorize text. It was the only thing I was good at in English class. I have learned many ways to memorize text and this memorization tool found here http://www.productivity501.com/how-to-memorize-verbatim-text/294/ is a new one for me. When I had to memorize poems or even The Preamble I would always start with the first sentence memorize it and then add the next line and so on. I would agree that having to memorize more things trains your brain to remember more things. When I was memorizing the poems and everything in high school I found that I remembered more things outside of school in every day conversation or classes. I think that the memorization helps people remember things but I do not think that it will help reduce the effects of Alzheimers. Since Alzheimers is a lack of neuro transmitters in the brain that effect the brain cells, I do not think that memorization will increase the number of nuerotransmitters but I am not a doctor so I could be wrong. In response to Diana’s comment about having to read something 3 times to memorize something it takes 7 correct readings to memorize it correctly if you memorized it wrong in the first place.
I used to like to memorize things to that had to do with numbers. I still do sometimes. I think that memorizing things is good for the mind. I used to watch Unsolved Mysteries when I was little and I still remember the number they posted at the end of the show. I also remember the phone and pin number of a calling card that I used throughout high school. I think that using this skills which were outside of class helps me memorizing things, especially things to do with numbers, in class.