You should be able to remember a number in the future if you say it over and over to yourself. However, if you try this when you are dialling a telephone number many times, even if it's for a couple of hours, you will forget it very soon.
This is because we don't keep the telephone number in our permanent memory. If you create a story in your head, this creates a strong mental image, enabling you to recall facts in the future. If you associate the event or fact with a picture, then you are more likely to remember it.
If you tell a story to a group, it can be great fun.
Put ten items, or more if you want, on a table. Try to remember what the items were. Each person then adds another item to the table, and then adds another part to the story. When all the objects have been added, and the story finished, take all of the items away, and see who can remember the most. Tell the story again, in order, taking it in turns to add each part.
If you tell the story in this way, you'll be surprised how many people remember the whole thing, and thus, all the items.
Another type of memory game is pexeso. This game involves matching pairs - they can be tiles or playing cards, when one of each pair isn't visible.
This game can be played by using half a pack of playing cards. Put 13 matching pairs of cards on a table - 2 jacks, 2 queens, 2 kings etc. The cards should be placed face down, and then shuffle them around, so you don't know what any of the cards are. Turn over one card at a time, and look at the picture, then place it face down again. You repeat this until you turn over a card which matches one you identified earlier in the game. When you find a matching pair, take them off the table.
Also, you can make up your own memory games, but make sure they are memory stimulating games which will stretch you mentally, such as problem solving games and puzzles.
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