[Angelwings]

heya Mike,

I ve been reading your thread for the last 2 weeks now. i find it rather interesting because i ll be sitting my Summer exams next tuesday; I m finding ways to improve my memory to help memorise very difficult material.

I m currently studying Pharmacy, Its my 3rd year now. I ve been struggling in my course for d last 3years because i find it extremely difficult to memorise. Getting into this course was pretty easy for me in high school especially i took subjects like Geography , Biology, Art history..I can memorise it by imagining because all these subjects allows alot of room for imagination because its related to objects. I understand using the pegs, linking system but i think it can work for OBJECTS but not for something like Maths or Chemistry something we dont see but were told its out der.

The materials in Pharmacy is alot harder i think because for example Chemistry.. That is no room for imagination especially when it comes to remember CHEMICAL NAMES and Drugs names.
When i sit to memorise the materials I stopped using my imagination. It takes a long time for me to get it stick in my brain.I wud have to re-read it over and over again for many days before i can remember. Hence study is really slow for me and I m not doing too well in college because its too much to remember and study is really boring for me.
Is der a faster way to remember??

Here's an example of things i have to know for next week.Its Pharmacology and Herbal Med. It takes a long time to remember i need to re-read it over and over again to have it

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)

Volatile oil contains mono- and sesquiterpenes
Flavonoids, polyphenols; Rosmarinic acid
Sedative and antispasmodic, effects proven
only in rodent studies
Antihormonal (antithyroid)
Also useful topically in HSV-I, proven efficacy


and also:


Classes of synthetic anticancer agents

Alkylating agents
a. nitrogen mustards: Mechlorethamine, Cyclophosphamide,
Chlorambucil
b. sulfonic acid ester: Busulfan
c. hydrazines : procarbazine
Antimetabolites and nucleoside analogues: 5-Fluorouracil

Cyclophosphamide-Nitrogen lone pair delocalised on the phosphamide group.
Therefore less available to form aziridinium ions.
More water soluble
Necessitate metabolic activation (PRODRUG)

So hard to memorise!!etcss....

I think d pegging ,Linkings would work really well in recalling objects. But how does it applies to something with less logic???
I memorise all by writing it over and over again, reading it out loud and having to re-read it for many days. Is der a faster way? especially having to to memorise an essay? I can play the piano. I am fast at memorising certain things but only be able to retain the information for few days after dat i forget it and cannot recall the information. I want to be able to remember for longer. I did tried Mindmapping it works for things i can draw but doesnt work for things that is not an object.

Oops sorry i know its getting long.Hope i make sense of wat i was on about.
Thanks for posting up this thread. I do believe our brain is capable for alot more abilities than we think. Most of us, dont know how to use it.
Interesting thing about my ability is to be able to play many songs without musicsheets infront of me and be able to remember d songs for a long time eventhough i didnt played the song in ages. Some friends of mine started playing d piano since 4 yrs old and earlier than me must have musicsheets infront. I find it rather interesting because i ve been only playing d piano for 6years.That's really strange, dont u think??

Angelwings.