Good Memorizing Techniques
In an article called Simple Memorizing Techniques, Laura Lane introduces some effective methods on memorizing different type of data, such as lists, numbers and names. She highlights that memory works like a web – ideas and memories interconnects each others. The idea on effectively memorizing information is to create a mental framework to store information – such as the memorizing names:
…A popular technique for remembering names involves creating an image using whatever associations the name triggers. Say you meet someone named Michael Howard. You could free associate the sounds of his name and come up with ‘microphone’ and ‘coward’. You could then envision him fearfully singing into a microphone. It helps to look closely at the person and observe their features as you form your image. Asking them to repeat the name, or repeating it yourself, also contributes to success. Then, the next time you see this person, the picture will come back, and along with it, the name…
Simple Memorizing Techniques – [Positive Health]
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Barry Campbell says on November 28th, 2005 at 3:19 am
My goodness. It appears that Laura Lane really has it in for the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK>.
“Microphone and coward,” indeed. Nothing like working a gratuitous political slam into an article on improving your memory. That’s helpful, all right.
(See – http://www.conservatives.com/michaelhoward/)
Xorzale says on September 11th, 2007 at 1:53 am
Yes, to imagine the data as having a “key” like in a relational database, is very useful. In fact, to extend on that, you could perhaps assign a composite primary key and a foreign key to each particular piece of information.
This is an interesting topic, “memory works like a web”, in the future we may, due to a better understanding of memory, be able to store massive amounts of raw data (not just information) and recall it also.