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When we were in grade school we memorized times tables and spelling through continuous repetition. There are even those of us who had to memorize every single president in order, or all of the state and capitals. The way we learned this was through repetition.
Even in sports, coaches have practices with drills that the athletes have to go through a series of repetitions until they get the move right. This also is helpful in creating muscle memory. It’s a movement done over and over again until it becomes natural. The brain works in the same way. Since it is the greatest muscle in our bodies, the brain gets exercised with information. The more things are repeated, the more likely the brain will be to quickly retrieve it.
Memorization happens when information moves from the short term place in our heads into the long term banks. This doesn’t happen instantly all the time, and for those menial pieces of information that are crucial like phone numbers and people’s names, we rely on repetition to get us to store that information in the long term banks.
The mind is a very complex muscle that controls all of our thoughts. The better we condition our minds, the faster they will be at retrieving the information that we need. It’s just like dialing your best friends new phone number. You may have to look at it the first few times you call it, but then after you’ve called it enough times, your brain has memorized the information and you no longer need the written phone number to gossip!
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