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Study MethodsPart 2
THE LINK TESTOn the next page is a list of 20 items. Read
through them ONCE only. Try to memorise both the items and the order in which they are listed.
When told, write the words in your script.
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Wallpaper
Mountain
Skirt
String
Ice cream
Scissors
Nail
Watch
Nurse
Plant
Power
Elephant
Jail
Mirror
Suitcase
Perfume
Safe
Melon
Mongrel
Engraving
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
If you remembered the correct words: 1 mark each.
If you remembered them in the correct order: 1 mark each.
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
THE PEG TESTYou have 60 seconds to memorise the following
list of 10 items. The aim is to remember the items in random order, but connected to the
original number. When the minute is over, write the answers in your script in the order specified.
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
1.Atom2.Tree3.Stethoscope4.Sofa5.Alley6.Tile
7.Windscreen8.Honey9.Brush10.Toothpaste
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Rewrite the words on the previous slide in the following order:
10; 8; 6; 4; 2; 1; 3; 5; 7; 9
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Some people are naturally inclined to remember lists, whereas others remember stories and ideas better. This is an indication of their
natural learning capabilities. However, the best memory is an integrated memory. One where you remember lists and stories equally well.
This leads us to understanding the brain and learning how it works in very simplified terms.
LogicWords
ListsNumbers
SequenceLinearityAnalysis
RhythmImaginationDaydreamingColourDimensionSpatial awarenessGestalt(whole picture)
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Perfect memory depends on:
• Association • Link anything new with a known variable.• This requires:
• ImaginationBUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
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s:SMASHIN SCOPESynaesthesia – blending of the senses.
Movement – 3 D, rhythmAssociation – link it to stable variables/knowledge.
Humour ImaginationNumbering – adds specificity and efficiency to order and sequence.
Symbolism – substitute a meaningful image for boring or abstract concept.Colour – colour is more easily remembered.Order - allows for a more immediate reference. Positive images – pleasant images are better for memory purposes.Exaggeration – exaggerate size, shape and sound to increase memorability
We use these 12 memory principles in a series of memory systems.
All of these systems depend upon a KEY IMAGE WORD, which is usually constant. This KIW must be pure, so nothing can interfere with the items
you want to remember.
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
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BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
This system is used for short lists, and every item on the list is linked or associated to the next on the list. A silver serving spoon
Six drinking glassesBananas
Pure soapEggs
Biological washing powderDental floss
Wholewheat breadTomatoes
RosesThe easiest way to do this, is to tell yourself a story
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BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Here we use KMI, which never changes: anything you want to remember, you attach onto these images.
You need to remember 10 things in order. Imagine each number as a hanger, onto which you can hang your clothes. Just like your clothes, you can change the things to remember, but the hangers stay the same.
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BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Select your own number-shape memory words.Here are a few examples.
What if you wish to remember the following:
1. Symphony2. Prayer
3. Watermelon4. Volcano
5. Motocycle
BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
Imagine the horn section of a symphony trying to blow out the flame of your candle.
A swan opens and folds it wings together like hands clasped in prayer.
A slice of watermelon cut in the shape of a heart.
A sailboat floating on lava that flows out of a volcano.
Captain Hook on a motorcycle.BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
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BUZAN, T: Use your memory: Understand your mind to improve your memory and mental power. 1st edition, 2006: BBC Active, Harlowe
This system works similar to system 2 and 3. However, it is pegged to the alphabet. Select a KMIW that starts with the sound of the letter and is easily memorised.If the sound of the letter itself makes a word with meaning, use that. (I = eye)
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Building a Memory Palace, also known as a Roman Room.
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Memory-Palace
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