You made an interesting point:

Which comes first? Your belief that you have a good memory? Or actually having a good memory ability?

I agree with you that both views are correct. Belief causes ability, and ability causes belief!

Studies on memory seem to confirm this.

This is good news for those having poor memory ability. If you believe you can, then you can!

This is fascinating. I’m very glad to have found your site. I read as much as I can about theories and findings related to brain fitness. This is the first time I’ve come across a correlation between what we know and how we feel about our memory and how good our memory actually is.

It reminds me of comments from customers of Brain Fitness Pro. Many report a greater sense of self-awareness and of being better able to understand what is going on at a particular point in time.

Brain Fitness Pro trains and strengthens working-memory, processing speed, multi-tasking, and left / right-brain interaction.

This seems to support a hypothesis that greater self-efficacy can result in part from a better capacity for lucid thought. And this is something that we can train.

Best wishes,
Martin Walker
Founder, CEO
Mind Evolve, LLC