No one can dispute it, when you have the chance to grow old, remembering certain more or less recent things sometimes proves difficult. A natural reduction in cerebral functions, which varies according to the individual, manifests itself following a certain age. ; neurons are entitled to laziness. Faced with this situation, do we have to resign ourselves ? Certainly not, at least that’s what regular followers of the weekly appointment consider “ Memory workshop ” devoted to working the mental faculties. An activity led by Anne Grauby, retired from teaching, which takes place every Monday of 14 h 30 to 16 hours in the media library. The weekly meeting is particularly popular with Clothilde, Francine, Sylvette, Suzanne, Christian, Jocelyne, Ginette, Claude and Marie-Thérèse. Everyone is pleased with the relevance of this local initiative which has been perpetuated over time in Conilhac-Corbières. Indeed, originally, the memory workshops were inspired by the Department and the associations mandated by the conference of funders. “ In the village we wanted to continue this rich approach “said Deputy Mayor Jocelyne Arino. At each session, the workshop begins with the ritual press review where everyone is called individually to relate what they have retained by reading the press of the news during the past week. “ Cit pushes you to take an interest in what is happening in the world ; to use autobiographical and visuospatial chronological markers, to mobilize memory and verbal fluency, this also promotes expression in public “, declared Anne Grauby. Then, the retirees worked through an exercise, the associative memory. Objective: to learn to remember by the memorization technique that is the association. Other exercises took place in particular the shared words ; delayed memory, intellectual structuring stimulated the ability to remember. So many cerebral activities which, in a playful form, improve the degree of memorization. Surely the participants are fully aware of the benefits obtained : “ It’s very interesting, it’s friendly, we enjoy meeting each other and above all it makes our brains work. “, such was the feeling shared by the group and summarized by Claude. A group that does not forget, it is a good omen, the meeting on Monday followingnoon.
