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Teachers and students can benefit from knowing techniques of memory champions

29 points by bootload 11y ago

shawnps 11y ago
There is a pretty good book that covers some of this called Moonwalking with Einstein: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346975-moonwalking-with-einstein http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346975-moonwalking-with-... I picked it up because it was on a list of books that Bill Gates had read one summer: http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Books-I-Read-This-Summer http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Books-I-Read-This...
bigethan 11y ago
Anyone have any advice for getting better at remembering things with songs/wordplay/etc? I can never come up with anything good at the moment and end up never remembering. eg: I meet someone named Jane Doe, and then while trying to think of a mnemonic to remember them with, something else happens and I lose the moment.
- ohgodyes 11y ago
  Try this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdThxYjQq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdThxYjQq8 Basically you just record couple of different versions of a song/play/whatever and then listen to it. She explains the technique on the video.
- ghubbard 11y ago
  > I meet someone named Jane Doe, and then while trying to think of a mnemonic to remember them with, something else happens and I lose the moment. It's a good idea to spend some time pre-calculating mnemonic images for names before you are in a social situation where you need to use them. Find lists of the most common first names and surnames and prepare against random combinations of those. This process will also help you get better at doing it for the less common names on the fly.
tomahunt 11y ago
This author and academic gives a wide range of methods. http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/memory-experiments/ http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/memory-experiments/
alphapapa 11y ago
I highly recommend Anki: http://ankisrs.net http://ankisrs.net FOSS Python app with mobile clients and a sync platform. Uses flash cards with powerful templates and a spaced-repetition algorithm. Great for languages as well as anything else you want to learn and remember.

29 points by bootload 11y ago

There is a pretty good book that covers some of this called Moonwalking with Einstein: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346975-moonwalking-with-einstein http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346975-moonwalking-with-... I picked it up because it was on a list of books that Bill Gates had read one summer: http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Books-I-Read-This-Summer http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Books-I-Read-This...

bigethan 11y ago

Anyone have any advice for getting better at remembering things with songs/wordplay/etc? I can never come up with anything good at the moment and end up never remembering. eg: I meet someone named Jane Doe, and then while trying to think of a mnemonic to remember them with, something else happens and I lose the moment.

ohgodyes 11y ago
Try this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdThxYjQq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdThxYjQq8 Basically you just record couple of different versions of a song/play/whatever and then listen to it. She explains the technique on the video.
ghubbard 11y ago
> I meet someone named Jane Doe, and then while trying to think of a mnemonic to remember them with, something else happens and I lose the moment. It's a good idea to spend some time pre-calculating mnemonic images for names before you are in a social situation where you need to use them. Find lists of the most common first names and surnames and prepare against random combinations of those. This process will also help you get better at doing it for the less common names on the fly.

tomahunt 11y ago

This author and academic gives a wide range of methods. http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/memory-experiments/ http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/memory-experiments/

alphapapa 11y ago

I highly recommend Anki: http://ankisrs.net http://ankisrs.net FOSS Python app with mobile clients and a sync platform. Uses flash cards with powerful templates and a spaced-repetition algorithm. Great for languages as well as anything else you want to learn and remember.