This consolidation of memories happens mainly in your sleep, and can even last up to 2 to 3 nights. There are perhaps several times a day that the situation occurs when you place your keys somewhere, making it difficult for your brain to remember where you left them that one specific time.Īll this has to do with the fact that your brain has to give the different memories a place, and associate and coordinate them with other memories. This explains how it is possible that you forget where you left your carkeys. This is why most people can remember exactly what they did on Septem(the day of the attack on the world trade centre in New York) and few people can remember what they did on July 11 that same year.Ī second influence on the reliability of a memory is the extent to which the situation was special, in that it differentiates itself from the daily routine. Situations that you often remember correctly are, among others, situations in which you have experienced an emotionally strong reaction, such as fear, sadness but also excitement and enormous joy. The main reason for this is that your brain can change the memory over time by associating it with other events, other people or even other emotions. This article describes the two most important themes in this book for me: how memories work, how you can make them more reliable, and how you can improve cognitive performance by clearing up your mind.Īlready in the first chapter, Levitin describes that MEMORIES are not always reliable. The title is a bit misleading, because most of the book is not about organizing the mind, but if you read through the many pages of this book, there are a lot of interesting facts that can help you to improve your own lifestyle. In The Organized Mind, Daniel Levetin describes just about everything he has learned about the brain so far.
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