Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Jan. 2013
The word remember It has several uses in our language, although without a doubt the most widespread is the one that allows us to refer to the action of bringing something to our memory.
Bring something to our memory
It should be noted that this something is popularly known as I remember.
Because precisely the memory implies remembering what has already happened, was seen, or which was talked about in a timely manner.
Meanwhile, the memories, any of those that appear in our mind, are linked, on the one hand, to a brain function, which is none other than that of the memory and that it facilitates us to be able to remember data, information and also keep and store them in our mind and then recall them, or to bring them to the present when necessary.
So thanks to memory we can remember people, objects, situations that happened in our lives, among others.
Physically the memory is explained thanks to the synaptic connections that occur between neurons.
Amnesia and Alzheimer's, the main conditions that affect memory
Among the most popular conditions that prevent the memory of past events or the recognition of people who know each other, stands out amnesia, which precisely consists of the total or partial absence of memories.
It can occur temporarily or permanently and can be caused by a medical condition or by having an accident. in which the person hit their head hard and this generated a trauma that affected the part of the brain responsible for the function of remember.
The disease Alzheimer's is one of the best known diseases today that affect the memory of those who suffer from it.
It is characterized because the patient has difficulties when it comes to remembering recent things, or the names of people he knows.
The symptoms may increase negatively in some cases and in addition to not remembering the aforementioned issues it may happen that the person directly does not remember how to carry out daily actions such as brushing the teeth.
Other common memory disturbances are: hypomnesia (the person has a decrease in their ability to remember), hypermnesia (on the contrary to the previous one, the person presents a notable increase in the capacity for memories) and the dysmnesia (The memory alteration is quantitative).
Make someone remember something
But the indicated one does not turn out to be the only use that we give to the word remember, also, the word is used to indicate the act of making someone remember something, an event, a date, that is, you are notified in advance of the succession of that event or anniversary that is about to happen so that you keep it in mind and do not forget it. “ Remind mom that she has to go to the doctor tomorrow.”
Suggestions to remember better and not forget
There are several options that can be put into practice to remember something to do and not do forget it, for example, notify someone to alert us, set an alarm in some of our devices, computer, mobile, among others, schedule it in an agenda, write it in a note, among others.
The writing Notes is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widespread practices in the world when it comes to making us remember what we or others have to do.
They consist of short and concise messages, which are placed in a visible physical place so that they do not go unnoticed.
People often use small papers intended for this purpose, which are sold in different colors, and which have a glue to be able to simply stick them in the place of choice.
There is Format Very popular today called post it and it consists of small colored sheets that have a self-adhesive to be able to fix them on any surface.
Today's life so busy and full of obligations means that people have many things to do in the day, so memory sometimes fails, and nothing better than a brief note that makes us remember what we have to do.
These reminder type notes are very useful and effective when it comes to organizing ourselves and remembering everything that needs to be done.
That or that which evokes us to another because they resemble
On the other hand, When we meet someone or something similar to another, that is, we see them as similar, we usually express it in terms of remembering. “Your uncle reminds me a lot of grandpa.”
The one of to forget It is the opposite concept to remembering, because it precisely supposes the failure to retain some information in our memory.
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