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I use a memory palace and a system of mnemonics all the time for things I want to commit to long term memory. I can speak Japanese and read 2,000 kanji thanks
by Timpy 5y ago
I use a memory palace and a system of mnemonics all the time for things I want to commit to long term memory. I can speak Japanese and read 2,000 kanji thanks to memory palace techniques. Still, the cognitive load for scribbling down a grocery list is much smaller than trying to make a memorable grocery list in my memory palace. My memory palace also doesn't help me when I've mindlessly set my wallet down and can't find it 30 seconds later. I guess I'm saying that I agree, it doesn't replace note taking.
- dempedempe 5y agoHow did you use a memory palace to memorize 2,000 kanji and Japanese. I thought memory palaces were only good for remembering things in sequence, but I don't see how that fits with language or kanji.
- Timpy 5y agoI memorized kanji in the order laid out by James Heisig in "Remembering the Kanji." It's a guide to creating mnemonics for kanji, it has a strict learning order. You can probably read the introduction on the preview on Amazon if you're curious about how it works. As for vocab, for example I would go for a walk in the park and create memorable mnemonics for the vocab words I saw and the park itself would be a memory palace. Later when I wanted to say the word "vending machine" I would pull the Heisig mnemonics for the vending machine I saw in the park and recreate the word. Today when I'm speaking Japanese I don't have to think about about mnemonics unless I've forgotten a word, then I kind of "look it up" in my memory palace. The thing about the memory palace method is that it's not really fast recall, it's more like keeping a notebook in your brain until it has been adjusted to your working memory.