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A few years ago I got down to memorizing a deck of cards in less than 2 mins. First assign a person for each card. Use the initials of the card. So Ten of Hea
by galuggus 6y ago
A few years ago I got down to memorizing a deck of cards in less than 2 mins.
First assign a person for each card.
Use the initials of the card. So Ten of Hearts would be someone with the initials T H(eg Ted heath, Thomas Hardy). Choose a person that is visually easy to remember.
Then when you are memorizing the cards use the method of loci. Go on an imaginative journey with 52 places and put the relevant person in that place. It helps if the place is associated with an action. It also helps if the action is weird, rude or strange because these are the things we tend to remember. Similarly bigger, more colourful loud images are easier to remember than small dull, mundane ones. If you keep having trouble with an image /place then change it
I practised everyday when I had a spare 5 mins and eventually worked up to memorizing a full deck.all in all it took about two months and I learnt alot about my memory
- Zenbit_UX 6y agoDid you clear out your Palace for the next deck or use a new one? Not sure what's the best strategy there, I usually find echoes of past uses at the locations I've previously cleared out. How do you deal with this?
- galuggus 6y agoUsed the same one every time. I founded the easiest one to use was based on my house. The shorter the distance between objects the better.
- psychometry 6y agoWhat is the benefit to such an exercise?
- benrbray 6y agoTesting your mental limits. Cheating at cards.
- herendin2 6y agoAnd also a type of intense mental exercise that is probably healthy
- galuggus 6y agoIt made me much better at deliberately remembering information. I also believe it improves imagination. In the first place ( incidentally a phrase that originates in mnemonics) you are practicing making mental images. The less quotidian the better. Secondly you are required to put together wildly different objects to make easy mnemonics
- dEnigma 6y ago> In the first place ( incidentally a phrase that originates in mnemonics) [...] Do you have a source for that or is it a gut feeling? In a quick Google search I couldn't find anything about the history of this idiom.
- galuggus 6y agoHere is a discussion: https://artofmemory.com/blog/first-place-second-place-5806.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20origin%20of,mental%20placemarks%20as%20mnemonic%20devices https://artofmemory.com/blog/first-place-second-place-5806.h....
- dEnigma 6y agoThank you! I will read through that later. Sorry for the late response, I didn't see your reply until just now.
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- redrobein 6y agoMnemonics are an easy way to remember a lot of information. Similar techniques are used for blind solving Rubik's cubes, remembering 2000+ chinese characters etc.
- chrisacky 6y agoWould you mind giving more examples and step through of the process?
- tugberkk 6y agoIs it just me? I cannot remember my own home with full detail.
- galuggus 6y agoThe journey can be imaginary. Try to make the places memorable. And the close your eyes and walk round the imaginary route