MemoryJoycewantedtoincludeafeatureaboutmemoryintheschoolnewspaper.Sheandhereditorsallagreedtowriteshortarticlesonthetopic.ARTHURIknowthatwehaveashort-termmemoryandalong-termmemory.Whenwegetold,ourshort-termmemorybecomesworse,butwecanstillrememberthingsfromalongtimeago.Mygrandpatoldmeajoke.Hesaid,‘Whenyougetold,threethingsstarttogowrong.First,youloseyourmemory…andIcan’trememberwhattheothertwothingsare!’JOYCEIsawaprogrammeontelevisionaboutamanwithaninjuredbrain.Hecouldnotrememberanythingforlongerthanafewminutes.Hiswifevisitedhiminhospitaleveryday,butheforgothervisitsafewminutesaftersheleft.Hewasoftenangrywithherbecausehethoughtthatshenevervisitedhim.Itwasverysad.PANSYIfyouwanttoremembersomething,youshouldmakeapictureofitinyourmind.Ifthepictureissilly,strangeandcolourful,youwillrememberitbetter.Forexample,Iamtryingtoremembertheword‘smiles’.Aneasywaytodothisistoimaginethereisa‘mile’betweenthefirstletterandthelastletter.Thismakesitthelongestwordintheworld!TONYIntheGuinnessBookofRecords,therearesomeamazingstoriesaboutmemory.Forexample,GouYanlingfromHarbininChinahasmemorized15,000telephonenumbers.AndDominicO’BrienfromtheUKrememberedthecorrectorderof1,820playingcards,afterseeingthemjustonce.MILLIEMemoryisconnectedtoourfeelings.Ifsomeoneshouts‘Spider!’andputsalargespideronyourhand,youwillprobablyremembertheword‘spider’.Ifsomethingdramatichappens,weusuallyrememberitwell.Forexample,mostoldpeopleintheUSAcanrememberwheretheywerewhentheyheardaboutthedeathofPresidentJohnFKennedyin1963.