Protect all aspects of your memory with these research-backed tips: 

1. Meditation for working memory. Meditation can help you hold more information in your working memory by improving your concentration.

2. Coffee for memory consolidation. New research shows that consuming caffeine after learning something new can improve your ability to remember it a day later. 

3. Berries for long-term memory. Flavonoids found in berries, especially blueberries, appear to strengthen existing connections in your brain, which can stave off age-related memory decline. 

4. Exercise for spatial memory. Physical exercise not only improves spatial memory, it can also improve many other cognitive abilities. 

5. Chewing gum for stronger memories. Preliminary studies show that chewing gum can improve performance on memory tests — possibly because it increases activity in the hippocampus. 

6. Sleep for memory consolidation. Sleep is where most of your memory consolidation takes place, and when you don’t get enough rest your long-term memory storage can suffer.

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Have you tried mindfulness meditation? Recent research has shown that this practice could change your brain for the better: 

1. More resilience. The more you meditate the quicker your amygdala (a brain region associated with emotions) canrecover from stress and trauma. 

2. More grey matter. Just 2 months of meditation can create more grey matter in areas of the brain associated with self-awareness and compassion. 

3. Fewer distractions. Meditation can quiet your default mode network, which might fill your mind with worries and distractions while you’re lost in thought.

4. More focus. Meditation helps prevent your mind from wandering so you can stay focused on the task at hand.

5. Less stress. Meditation blocks stress and protects your brain from stress-related damage to attention and memory. 

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