Memorization using Link Technique
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Anybody who needs to remember anything can take advantage of how mnemonics works. There are several ways you can use mnemonics to your advantage. The main idea is for you to understand how these techniques work. Remember that it isn’t a trick. It’s just a simple step-by-step procedure you can follow to overcome the barriers of memorizing an item or set of items. We all have common problems with memorization but with mnemonics, memorization can hardly be considered a task.
Mnemonics are meant for you to utilize your brain to its full potential. What you need is to exercise your innate creativity skill. You don’t need to be an artist, per se, to do this. All you have to do is activate your mind to visual images. The reason is simply that you’d need to associate words you need to memorize to something that could stimulate your brain to function using your imagination.
The art is simple. When you come across an important word, name, picture or information, immediately take something out of your stored memory. Something that you’re already familiar with is essential for associating a new item to the old because this way, whenever you think of the old item, you’d immediately remember the new one and vice versa.
Let’s say you need to buy several things for your family members. Since this task requires you to remember several different things at the same time, which are also entirely not related with one another, you need strong memorization skill to accomplish this.
Pretend you need to purchase a bar of soap, bottle of wine, a pair of socks, a box of tissues and a bag of dog food. Since association is the main tool you have in order to remember all these things, start linking these words to each other. Try to imagine yourself driving a 4×4 bar of soap which happened to float well on a lake of wine that you needed to cross. Then, at the toll gate, you hand over a pair of socks so you can pass through. Next, a box of tissues signals a green light and right before you find a parking space; a walking bag of dog food shows you a vacant space. By the time you got out of your car, the items are already stuck to your head and remembering them all wouldn’t be too difficult anymore.
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Remember What You Can In Quick and Easy Steps
December 10th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
You might have heard of Mnemonics and how they can help you improve your memory.
Mnemonics aren’t difficult or tiresome activities; in fact, it’s as if there’s no pressure when doing the actual memorization because of how simple and pleasant the steps can be. An example of a mnemonic method is the Loci System.
A good scenario when the loci system can be effectively used is when a person has several items or a list needed for immediate remembering. The first important thing to remember when using the loci method is the familiarization of a place and the correct order of locations of the chosen place. It could be the dining room, bedroom or kitchen at home or a favorite route in the park. It doesn’t matter where, as long as the location can be easily recalled accurately by the doer.
Let’s say, the specific locations are the parking lot, pond, willow tree and the benches in the park. So, let’s pretend the items are umbrella, dog food, cell phone and picnic basket. To associate the items, visualize strongly hundreds of open umbrellas falling down on the parking lot as you find a space where you could park. Next, as you pass by the pond, you pick up the usual dog food to feed the fish followed by the big willow tree bearing cell phones for fruits and lastly, as you sat by the benches, a picnic basket approaches and sells you what is inside it. Each time you visit the park or any other place you’re strongly familiar with; you can immediately associate the specific locations with any items you need to remember.
When using this method, it’s better to imagine objects in familiar places in bizarre or amusing ways because it helps a lot in retaining information.
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