Our brains have a collection of neurons that are constantly trying to find other neurons. They like to make connections to each other. These connections are called synapses. More than one neuron can be connected to another. When neurons make these synapses it means our brains are learning something new, or connecting something we already knew to something new.
We can create these synapses when we read, when we watch someone else do something, when we write, when we try to do something new, when we listen to others and many other ways. If we really want to learn and remember something well, then we need to create stronger synapses. This is done by focusing on that one topic. For example, if a dancer wants to perfect a dance routine, she must practice it over and over. If she stops that practice, eventually she will not be able to perform that routine as well. While she has practiced it, her brain has created many synapses. When she stops practicing and starts doing something else then her brain is making other synapses and the previous synapses that she made will begin to disintegrate.
These synapses are why we have little games to help us remember things. Repeating something over and over in our head helps us to create more synapses. Creating pneumonic devices also helps us to create more synapses and remember something. Relating a picture or word to something to help us remember also creates more synapses. We just have to be careful that the connections that we are making correct. :)
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