Originally Posted by Marisa
You may find this interesting: "Initially information is stored in various parts of our brain. At night, these fragments are brought out from storage, reassembled and replayed. Each run through etches them deeper into the neural structure until there comes a time when memories and the person who holds them are effectively one in the same." Source: Mapping the Mind, pg 261
Things that help form long term memories: intense emotion (for example, as with a phobia - which is a really well laid down memory), repetition and linking associations.
L&S in a theta (low alpha) frequency will guide the brain into that state where it normally processes information. If you use the L&S machine directly after studying, the memory will be stronger because nothing else has interrupted your attention (which causes a memory to fade quicker).
The more things you can associate that which you want to remember with, the stronger the memory will be. So when you are studying (and what are you studying BTW), after reading a section - stop - and think about all the things that you can associate with what you have learned.
There are some neat things that you can do with self hypnosis that will also help with your project. Key: Just as you are falling asleep and just as you are waking up, you are in the most suggestible state (Theta). Give yourself a command, stated in positive language. Repeat it to yourself a few times. For example: "Each and every day, my abilities are increasing in every way." The mind always goes towards what ever you are thinking about and your unconscious not only takes everything literally, it believes everything your conscious mind tells it. So ... you always want to make sure that whatever you tell yourself is positive. Sounds hokey but it is true.
BTW, does "Me0w" mean that you like cats?
M.