Meanings for Memory – Rhymes
The next way we can add meaning to help us remember is through rhymes. Cast your mind back to school when you were learning so many new things? Did your teachers use rhymes to help you remember things? Things like “I before e except after c’. Rhymes give meaning to material that doesn’t inherently have meaning and in doing so, helps us to remember.
The Science of Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolution - Behaviour Change Theories
If you are one of the many people who have made a New Year’s Resolution to exercise more, congratulations. This is a great goal for your health and wellbeing. Over the next weeks, we will look through theories of behaviour change. These are theories on how we can overcome the obstacles to behaviour change and achieve a significant change and give you the best chance of sticking with your NY resolution!
The Effect of Views of Nature
Coulthard outlines research which has correlated views of nature with improved recovery in hospital, better performance at school, and less aggression. She proposes that even short bursts of nature like looking through a window or at a picture of nature seems to relax people, increase concentration, reduce stress, and decrease blood pressure.
Anterior Pelvic Tilt - How sitting maybe causing back pain.
The pelvis is a group of bones that connects the back and legs. An anterior tilt means it is tilted forward and is caused by shortened hip flexors and a lengthening of the hip extensors. Our sedentary lives can a major cause of type hip flexors. An anterior tilt forces our lower spine to curve leading to back pain and the leg bones to rotate in causing hip and knee pain.
Meanings for Memory – Familiarity
This week we look more into what helps us remember somethings better than others starting with something called familiarity. Do you remember things that are different or unfamiliar better? Generally, the more you know about something the easier it is to learn more about it. Learning grows more learning. Learn more here.