PAPERmaking! FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF PAPER TECHNOLOGY Volume 4, Number 2, 2018
– One – Bun/Colombia: A BUN with the COLUMn of a Greek temple coming out of it. – Two – Shoe/Venezuela: VENus de Milo coming out of the sea on a SHOE. – Three – Tree/Guyana: Friends call GUY and ANnA sitting in a TREE. – Four – Door/Ecuador: A DOOR in the shape of a circle/globe with a golden EQUAtOR running around it. x The Number/Shape System - Here, create images that relate to the shape of each number, and connect those images to the items in your list. Let's use the same example: – One – Spear/Columbia: The shaft of the SPEAR is a thin marble COLUMn. – Two – Swan/Venezuela: This time, VENus is standing on the back of a SWAN. – Three – Bifocal Glasses/Guyana: GUY has just trodden on ANnA's bifocals. She's quite cross! – Four – Sailboat/Ecuador: The boat is sailing across the golden line of the EQUAtOR on a globe. x The Alphabet Technique – This works well for lists of more than 9 or 10 items (beyond 10, the previous techniques can get too difficult). With this system, instead of finding a word that rhymes with the number, you associate the things you want to remember with a particular letter of the alphabet, from A to Z. This is an efficient way to remember an ordered list of up to 26 items. x The Journey System – In your mind, think about a familiar journey or trip: for example, you might go from your office to your home. Associate the things that you want to remember with each landmark on your journey. With a long enough, well- enough known journey, you can remember a lot of things! x The Roman Room System (Loci Method) – This technique uses location to stimulate your memory. Connect your list with items you see in a familiar room or location. You might find associations with things in your kitchen, in your office, or at a familiar grocery store. Mind Mapping Mind Maps (also called concept maps or memory maps) are an effective way to link ideas and concepts in your brain, and then "see" the connections firsthand. Mind Mapping is a note-taking technique that records information in a way that shows you how various pieces of information fit together. There's a lot of truth in the saying "A picture speaks a thousand words", and mind maps create an easily-remembered "picture" of the information you're trying to remember. This technique is very useful to summarize and combine information from a variety of sources. It also allows you to think about complex problems in an organized manner, and then present your findings in a way that shows the details as well as the big picture.
Article 13 – Memory Skills
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