447. How memory works and tools to expand working memory
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This episode is all about memory. I go through the different types of memory: short-term, working, long-term, explicit and implicit and discuss how each plays a crucial role in our daily lives. The importance of memory in reducing stress and maintaining mental health
How memory athletes train their brains with techniques like chunking I give you tips for improving recall and recognising the impact of factors like sleep and social media on your memory.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, beautiful beans and welcome to the podcast episode of today. |
| 0:23.1 | So in this podcast episode, we are talking all about memory. |
| 0:27.6 | I've done an episode probably three years ago, I want to say, maybe two years ago about memory, |
| 0:33.4 | but we're going to go further in depth with memory. |
| 0:35.3 | We're going to do a bit of a rehash on it. |
| 0:36.8 | And we're going to talk about ways, tips memory, we're going to do a bit of a rehash on it, and we're going to talk about ways, |
| 0:38.5 | tips and tricks that you can improve your working memory |
| 0:41.9 | and your long-term memory and also your memory recall. |
| 0:45.2 | I'm going to go into all the different kinds of memory. |
| 0:47.9 | And one thing that I want you to you guys to realize |
| 0:51.1 | is that memory can be improved. |
| 0:52.9 | Memory is a, it's innate in us, but it can also be a skill. |
| 0:58.4 | It is something that we use way more than we realize. And when your memory is healthy and intact, |
| 1:04.7 | your stress levels are lower. I don't think we realize how much having lapses in our memory or |
| 1:10.3 | poor memory impact our overall |
| 1:13.1 | stress. If you're constantly forgetting why you walked into a room and forgetting little |
| 1:19.0 | things or thinking, I don't even know what I did on Saturday. Like what the fuck? Those things |
| 1:25.7 | are overall, they're going to be impacting your mental health. |
| 1:28.6 | When your memory is quite healthy and intact, not only is it, you know, you don't realize |
| 1:32.9 | how much it alleviates your stress, but it's also quite entertaining to have a good memory. |
| 1:37.9 | I'm also going to talk about how kind of memory athletes train their memory, because if you guys haven't heard of this |
| 1:47.0 | and surely most of you have because I think I've mentioned it before on the pod but there's a |
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