by Hanifa K. Cook | Jan 27, 2015 | Parenting, Self Development
I can’t tell you how proud I am and trying to stay present to my own life and responsibilities and be satisfied with Sms communication every couple days and FaceTime once a week or 2! lol he’s too busy to fit me in anymore than that! I guess I gotta be...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Dec 26, 2011 | Language, Learning Skills, Writing
Contrary to popular belief, taking notes does not improve memory. It merely helps us store information in auxiliary memory, analogous to data and information in the computer which is stored for future use. I never understood this logic until recently when I wanted so badly to FORGET things I don’t want to remember.
by Hanifa K. Cook | May 30, 2009 | Learning Skills
The areas in your brain that process this information for your memory are the hippocampus (the primitive structure in the brain), amygadala (processes emotion), cerebral cortex (used for processing information for long term memory such as languages) and network of...
by Hanifa K. Cook | May 28, 2009 | Learning Skills, Montessori
Take a break. Listen to this song< "Looking For My Car Keys and Wallet". Everybody has problem with trying to remember to do things. Your're not alone.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 3, 2008 | Childhood, Chinese, Language, News
I was probably 13 or 14 years old when this was published. I was a child star. the headline read: Hanifa A Malay Student Child Actress Who Speaks Mandarin My father was very proud and had kept this in a photo frame. I have been keeping it in a folder eversince. He...