Smarten up and score high on tests

It's also useful to give those voices hiding in your sub-conscious a physical appearance, and it should reflect the ugliness of what they have to say.
My "naggies" are small, hunched, alien looking critters. They have slimy, cold skin and are colorless, except for the green hue in their cross eyes.
Ones I had created this mental image, it was much easier for me to notice when a "naggy" was visiting and to immediately kick them out.
With practice, you'll recognize a negative voice from miles away and will be able to prevent those energy zappers from dragging you down.

To stay motivated, keep on track and reach those big lofty goals you cherish, sit down and break them up into tiny steps. Don't expect to reach your goals overnight, but notice and praise yourself for every little step you take in the right direction.

Making a plan by breaking your final goal up into easy-to-complete steps will guide you through times of frustration and will keep you going.

Read! That's how you'll meet new words.
Every new word is a treasure.
Notice it, learn it, use it.
Search for new, useful words just like you search for new friends, ideas or treats.
Log in to eSpindle every day - simply set aside some time for it and stick to your program.

Because the process of memory-based learning can be arduous and tiring, we have created eSpindle:
It manages the process for you, and makes sure any difficult content is repeated until it is reliably learned.

Most people can only recall about 30% of what they know. Psychologist Douglas Herrmann, Ph.D., author of Super Memory , emphasizes regular repetitions as the key to great memory.

Some stress is important - it gets you "into gear," preparing you to do your best. Too much, though, will drastically reduce your performance.
Most of us have experienced how severe stress makes it hard to think clearly.
During stress we focus our energy into the body rather than the mind... our blood starts racing, we sweat, we get fidgety. This reaction stems from times when we used to solve our stressful situations by fighting or running away.

Chronic or severe stress reduces the rate at which learning is converted into long-term memory.

Your brain, just like other parts of your body, needs a balanced diet to produce the building blocks needed for learning and memory.

Various tests have proven that students supplying their body with the proper amounts of vitamins and minerals score higher on IQ tests and have a lower occurrence of brain wave abnormalities.

 

People who sleep about eight hours a day are not lazy, but smart.
They know that the brain does not sleep but clears the path for a new day of learning. The little extra time you may gain by cutting into your sleep time will be lost the next day in reduced performance.

If you want to use sleep to your best advantage, know that it is the best time to convert content stored in short-term memory into long-term learning.

Using all of your senses is the best way to improve your memory. We have designed eSpindle to accommodate your hearing, visual and tactile senses to a high degree.
Do you want to improve your memory? Then learn under conditions that stimulate all your senses, and in particular take advantage of one sense that is commonly ignored - scent.

Research has shown that learned content is remembered more easily if the same aroma present during study is also present during recall.
The scientific explanation:
While you study new information is randomly scattered in the brain, and then slowly linked into the existing structure via solid neural connections.

Repeating words aloud while you study gives the brain additional information.
As you articulate the word, your brain hears the sounds resonating inside the head, and associates the movements of tongue and throat with the word, creating additional "anchors" to secure the word in long-term memory.