Introduction Like everything else in school, I wish I knew there was an easy way to memorize vocabulary words. I can see my teacher giving us a list of words to remember and me looking at the list like it was written in Greek. The funny thing is that you can use the link method…
Introduction This trick for remembering historical dates sure would have been handy when I was in high school. I loved hearing about wars and gladiators but struggled with dates and anything specific. In this section, we are concerned only with years. Other sections will cover how to remember days and months. Basic information about the…
Introduction You might ask yourself, is there still a need to remember a telephone number? Our phones can store an entire phonebook of numbers, so what’s the point? Generally, I would agree. Storing most numbers in a phone and letting technology do the work for you is easier. However, I was in a car accident…
Overview I believe the memory palace technique is the most powerful weapon in the memory arsenal. This method is also known as the method of loci or the mind palace. The techniques we have looked at are great, especially if you only need to memorize smaller lists of information. Furthermore, we can still use the…
Overview The peg word system is the first mnemonic technique I learned. It is wonderfully simple and versatile. The peg word system makes memorizing lists, definitions, and additional information easy. To begin, we choose a noun that rhymes with the number in our sequence. Try to imagine the following example as we move along. The…
Introduction Did you know that the average person will usually forget 90% of what they learn within thirty days unless they utilize memorization techniques? If we passively engage in learning the way that most people do, we tend to forget more than we remember. It explains why I did so poorly in school. I thought…
Over the past five days, I’ve been memorizing my person-action-object table. I spent the first three days placing each PAO in its own loci. I did about thirty numbers each day. That process went smoothly. On average, it only took about ten to fifteen minutes to encode and recall thirty PAO. Whenever I had a…
As I begin preparing for memory competitions, I have started memorizing my PAO system (for a more detailed discussion on the PAO system, click here). For those not yet in the know, PAO stands for person-action-object. My PAO system follows the major system (click here for more details about the major system) as much as…
What is the Major System? The Major System is a mnemonic technique used to enhance the memorization and recall of numbers, playing cards, and dates. It involves converting numbers into corresponding consonant sounds and forming words with added vowels. The idea is that meaningful words are easier to remember than random numbers. A Brief History…
Are you ready to take your memory to the next level? Meet the PAO memory system, a powerful technique that has been used by memory athletes worldwide to achieve extraordinary feats of recall. PAO stands for Person-Action-Object and it’s a powerful method that utilizes the natural human ability to remember people, actions and objects, to…