Enhance Memory: Human Behavior & Psychology Assignment

Why do you believe some of these techniques may enhance memory?  Perhaps use PsychInfo to uncover the answer.

1.While people close their eyes, they can more readily remember information, such as words, they learned minutes or hours earlier.

2.Immediately after people listen to someone speak, they are not as likely to remember the last few words that were uttered if this person spoke with an accent - an accent that is conspicuous but does not impair comprehension.

3.After people repeat information they need to memorize aloud, they are more likely to remember this information later.  This technique, interestingly, is especially effective if the words are directed towards another person.

4.If people consume high levels of trans fats - a type of fat that is prohibited in some nations, and common in cheap cooking oils - they cannot recall as many words after listening to a long list.

5.If people are diagnosed with mild levels of dementia, singing tends to improve performance on working memory tasks, tasks in which they need to retain and transform several words or concepts at the same time.