Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with 6 Minute English! Storing information is an important function of our brains and scientists are always looking at ways to improve it but also to stop it deteriorating.
Neil and Rob discuss ways of improving your memory and teach you new vocabulary - that they hope you'll remember later!

You'll find the transcript and vocabulary on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learninge....nglish/english/featu

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
Would you eat less meat to save the environment?
https://youtu.be/6R0Wy4kwxes

Are there benefits to schadenfreude?
https://youtu.be/A2lIdSnv1Vw

Is music getting faster?
https://youtu.be/zFpk5FsNndM

𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
things we remember from the past

𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜
learning by 'doing' and practising something over and over again

𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥
seeing something in the situation where it usually exists

𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
changing information into a form that can be stored and later recalled

𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞
doing something based on feelings rather than facts or proof

𝐀𝐥𝐳𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫’𝐬 (𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞)
a disease affecting your brain that makes it difficult to remember things and gets worse as you get older

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