Training memory ?

Thats like asking how do you get to Carnege Hall......practice

Y'know, he might be asking for specific things he can do to help his memory. For example, instead of randomly plucking at strings on a cello until you're playing like Yo-Yo Ma, pick up a book and learn the fundamentals.

Your mind is designed to remember certain types of facts more than others, so if you convert the information into a different form before committing it to memory, you can remember better.

For example, your mind is very good at remembering stories but bad at remembering arbitrary sequences of numbers. If you assign meanings to numbers in a clever way, then any sequence of numbers can be remembered as a story.

Also, if you group pieces of information into the same fact than you can remember more facts in your short term memory. For example, grouping 56723943 into 567 -- 239 -- 43 makes it easier to remember.

Interesting question but difficult to answer.

Humans find it easier to recall things that have meaning rather than just abstract items. That's been pointed out in previous posts. If you understand concepts they're easier to recall than if you're simply memorising them. I hope that makes sense.

To try and get things from short-term memory into long-term memory it's useful to rehearse, that is re-read and re-read. But it's also useful to work with the material you're trying to learn. That's why it's helpful in a formal learning situation for an instructor to encourage group discussion of material as well as simple presentation. The discussion touching on material helps people to learn it.

If you're in a situation where you're trying to learn material by yourself then think of how it could be applied, that's a form of working on it. You might also look at different ways of seeing the material. Even writing a report about something can help you understand and be able to recall it wel.