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Mnemonics are vastly overrated and the tricks you see with people using them are mainly a result of constant practice which could be achieved by other means. "
by throw1234651234 6y ago
Mnemonics are vastly overrated and the tricks you see with people using them are mainly a result of constant practice which could be achieved by other means.
"Gruneberg (1998) argues that the keyword method, in general, is inferior to rote learning in the longer-term retention of vocabulary."
https://universeofmemory.com/effectiveness-and-usefulness-of-mnemonics/ https://universeofmemory.com/effectiveness-and-usefulness-of...
- krisfris 6y agoInteresting article! I agree that mnemonics don't help you much with long-term retention, that's why it makes sense to combine it with a spaced-repetition strategy such as rote learning. However, mnemonics help you translate information into a form that's easier to process for the brain. Even if you don't actively use mnemonic techniques when memorizing meaningless information, you will likely end up applying such techniques intuitively.