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I love this technique. I can still remember memory palaces from over a decade ago with perfect clarity. It's amazing that when you work with the brain on what i
by cercatrova 6y ago
I love this technique. I can still remember memory palaces from over a decade ago with perfect clarity. It's amazing that when you work with the brain on what it's good at, such as geospatial awareness, or chunking (to cite another memory technique), what wondrous things we can do, in fields not just in memory but others as well. Work with the system, not against it.
Note that the method of loci might not work for people who have aphantasia, or the disability to not be able to visualize in the "mind's eye." It seems like whenever this is mentioned that people discover that they have it and can't believe that people can literally visualize in perfect clarity in their mind the same as looking out a window [0] [1].
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/8rx0fi/til_an_estimated_one_in_fifty_people_suffer_from https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/8rx0fi/til_a...
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c4i94n/tifu_by_explaining_my_synesthesia_to_my_boyfriend https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c4i94n/tifu_by_explai...
- andykx 6y agoI used this method on an art history exam during my Freshman year of college (>10 years ago). We had to memorize an absurd amount of details pertaining to different works of art. I still remember all of it. Strangely, not only do I remember the information, but also how I visualized it within the space - like, they way that I “wrote” it.
- cercatrova 6y agoSame here, I'd construct different palaces for different classes and exams. > Strangely, not only do I remember the information, but also how I visualized it within the space - like, they way that I “wrote” it This is actually why it works, because you remember the layout of the palace, not in spite of it.