Mnemonic and memory systems

[DougieB]

I finished reading Moonwalking With Einstein. I've been playing with memorizing a couple of lists using the journey or memory palace method. Seems to work. I bought an App for the IPhone called Steel Trap and that's where I memorized 2 lists of 10 items very rapidly. I later made a memory of 25 words semi randomly picked from the newspaper. The Faces in the App fell into memory very quickly.

I am looking for the next step.

Does anyone have any suggestions and or advice? I have been surprised by my success where the success has happened.

Thank you in advance.

Doug

[The Nid Hog]

I'm quite interested in the Palace of Memory myself. Have you read Frances Yates' book, "The Art of Memory?" It isn't a how-to book, but it's a fascinating history of memory in European society. Mary Carruthers' "The Book of Memory" is a more recent take on the same subject.

Many years ago, I learned to play Kim's Game in the Marines. It's one of a bunch of games to train your abilitiy to observe and remember. The name and idea actually come from Rudyard Kipling's great novel, "Kim."

[DougieB]

I thought that military and police would have some training on memory. I have set systems aside for the evening and am working on memorizing my first poem.... ever. I am using rote as a reminder of how much work it is.

The road not taken by Robert Frost. I think it will take 3 days.

The memory systems... IE memory hooks, memory palace, the journey method etc... are what I have exposed myself to so far. I used the journey method last week to memorize a list of 25 words fairly rapidly and very accurately. Then I did a bit of a variant on the journey where I remained stationary in my minds eye and the objects came to me, for the next 2 lists. Worked well as well.

I went on youtube and looked up Ron White, 2 time USA memory champion. I watched his video on memorizing a poem, quote or scripture. In it he overviews using what amounts to the journey method to memorize each line. (in it he skips a line oops.) Apparently he doesn't memorize word for word but line by line with key creative images and allows the brain to fill in the rest.

I seem to drop in similar words.

The Nid Hog... I haven't read either of the two above books. Just Moonwalking with Einstein and an I phone app... Steel Trap.

[Rjack]

[hide][top]The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play by Jerry Lucas and Harry Lorayne.

an oldie but goodie. Still the classic work on the subject.

[DougieB]

Do you have any experience with The Memory Book?

[Rjack]

Yes, I've been using it since the 70's. I used to love watching Harry Lorrayne on the Art Linkletter show memorizing the names of all the guests in the audience.

Now, I can remember most things, except where I put my keys.

[jamesspo]

Heh...I thought this was about computer assembly language mnemonics and got all excited :) .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembl...nded_mnemonics


To say something applicable, however, I have noticed that I can memorize lists pretty easily by just reading them over and over immediately before bed. I've found that my brain seems to work on storing them overnight, and sometimes I'll wake up with it complete committed to memory, sometimes in a single night. I remember doing this is junior high memorizing various lists for extra credit. It's probably not a general strategy for improving your ability to memorize, but it is something I find useful for some kinds of memorization tasks.

[ouch]

I finished reading Moonwalking With Einstein.

Still reading it. I forget which page I'm on.




Kings play cards on fat girls' stomachs.

[DougieB]

Almost have it. 3 days about 2 - 3 hours per day plus probably another 15 to 30 minutes every day or two for the next week to secure it.

Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

[DougieB]

Had an Itunes credit and spent part of it on the Memory Book tonight.