2. Take a chill pill.
保持冷静
Learning to calm down and not carry as much stress can help your brain in significant ways, says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, PT, a psychologist and physical therapist in Wexford, Pennsylvania, and the author of A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness. “The best tip to improve your memory is: Reduce your stress,” says Dr. Lombardo. “Research shows that when people experience chronic stress, their hippocampus─the part of your brain that is responsible for some memories─literally shrinks in size.” In fact, a 2007 study in the journal Neurology by researchers at Rush University Medical School found that people who are easily distressed and had more negative emotions were more likely to develop memory problems than more easygoing people. How to reduce your stress? Consider delegating more tasks at work,
clearing your social calendar for the weekend (there’s nothing wrong with having nothing on the calendar!) and purging negative relationships from your life.
《幸福的基本处方》《做一个幸福的你》的作者，宾夕法尼亚州Wexford的心理学家，理疗学家，PhD, PT， Elizabeth Lombardo认为:"学会冷静，尽可能不要太紧张就会让大脑处于最佳的状态。增强记忆的最好箴言就是:要放松。研究表明，当人们持续紧张的时候，大脑里负责记忆的海马体会明显缩小"。2007年，在Rush大学医学院的研究人员在一项日常神经学的研究中发现，与随和的人们相比，往往是那些容易紧张，总是产生负面情绪的人，他们的记忆力会产生问题。怎么样才能使你放松?考虑一下不要在工作中独揽，减少周末的交际(日历上没有事情要做，也就不会有什么不妥)，在生活中远离不愉快的社会关系。