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The Puzzle of MemoryBarry FlanaganMemory is the diary that we all carry about with us. ~Oscar WildeMemory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation. ~Samuel Johnson

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Memorization Techniques

Do You Have a Good Memory?

How Memory Works

Mnemonics

Agenda

Do You Have a Good memory?

Your MemoryMost people assume memory is inherited like the color of your eyes.

Your memory is like a puzzle with many pieces.

You have to know how the pieces fit together.

Your Memory1st Step Change Your Beliefs

2nd Step Learn to use memory tools

3rd Step Practice!How memory Works

How Your Memory WorksThere are about 86 BILLION Neurons in the average adult human brain. There are about 100 TRILLION Connections between those neurons.

How Memory Works

Your Memory

EncodingUse as many senses as possible.

Vivid Visuals

Extreme Sounds

Outrageous Actions

Your Memory

StorageActively Remember

Connect to things you already remember

Your Memory

RetrievalIf Storage was done properly, retrieval is easy.

Your MemoryMemorization techniques

RepetitionSpacing effect

Why?Time to consolidate info

Forces you to pay attention

Visual and verbal memory for material

Supermemo Anki

Course Hero SkritterDistributed practice is best for delayed testMassed practice ok for immediate test

Only concentrate for so long Study under different conditions/settings

13ChunkingExample-

CIANSANATODODFBIOrCIA NSA NATO DOD FBI

Short-term memory capacity limitMagic number 7 +/- 2Memory span

Increase capacity by grouping informationGives meaning to random information

14RhymingIn fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue

i before e except after c; or when sounded like a, as in neighbor and weigh

Thirty days has September, April, June, and November

ABCs song (rhyming and chunking)

When did Columbus discover America?

LinkingFirst: form visual image for each itemSecond: associate image with next image

Narrative techniqueForm a story

Chaining or Link system

Important to SEE associations

Appropriate for serial learning

16Peg ListPegging = Take something I want to remember and attach it to something I know already.

Peg = Something I KNOW and cant forget.

Use Peg list to remember:a To Do listSequence of eventsSequence of numbersAddressesDirectionsNames and faces

17Memory Journey1. Memorize familiar locations in natural order

2. Create visual image of word with each location

3. Recall: take a mental walk

AKA Method of Loci

Means in the first place

18Keyword MnemonicFirst step: Concrete keyword that sounds like foreign word = PotSecond step: Form visual image connecting keyword with meaningPicture: Duck wearing a pot on its head

Use to learn foreign language vocabularySpanish example: Pato = Duck

Image MnemonicThink of vivid word that sounds like nameLink word with persons appearance

Example- Rodney FlaneryImage: Football player with rod in his knee, so benched and wearing flannel to stay warm

Use to remember name with face

First LetterAcrostic: first letter of each word of sentence is cueMusic notes: Every Good Boy Deserves FudgeConjunctions: FANBOYS

Acronyms-Spectrum: ROYGBIVGreat Lakes: HOMES

AcrosticsAcronyms

Mnemonics

State Capitals

State Capitals

State Capitals

State Capitals

MnemonicsBiology ClassificationKids Playing Checkers on Freeways get SquashedStar ClassificationOnly Brilliant Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing MnemonicsSpeed of LightMy brilliant astronomy student remembers an easy light mnemonic count letters 299,792,458 m per second squaredMnemonicsOriginal 13 ColoniesNoahs mangy cat required nine painful needles!, declared my vets new secretary Gus.PresidentsWashington told a joke that made Monroe quit jumping.

Solve the Puzzle

Believe in your memory, and you can put the puzzle togetherUse the memory tools you have learned to practiceLook for new puzzles you can solve with your memorySolve the Memory Puzzle