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I took a "memory course" in college and it was like a muscle based exercise. If I used it and practiced it, it worked. But after I stopped practicing/using it f
by RobertRoberts 5y ago
I took a "memory course" in college and it was like a muscle based exercise. If I used it and practiced it, it worked. But after I stopped practicing/using it for a while, eventually it became atrophied and I could remember things as well as I could when I was working hard it.
Is this how it works for everyone that "develops" a good memory?
- sigg3 5y agoCan't remember.
- bostonsre 5y agoFor storing random key value definitions, mine seems to work that way. But it kind of helps me to think of memory as a network of interconnected bits. One random point will be hard to get back to, but if you have a dozen related bits of information that all link to one bit, it will be easy to find your way back to it and recall it. Building a solid base of knowledge and understanding of a subject helps to build these interconnected networks.
- wodenokoto 5y agoI think this is one of the main points in moonwalking with Einstein, discussed in a sister thread. By the end of the book, the author wins the American memory championship and the following day he forgot where he parked his car. These memory techniques are like a notebook. They won’t make you remember stuff any better, but if you wrote something down (in your memory palace or notebook) you can look it up.