Post by Mah on May 11, 2016 11:42:25 GMT -8
Hello, All.
I would like to share with a simple method for memorizing temporal data:
Being able to memorize dates is a very important skill as you are probably aware. Let's use the Presidential inauguration dates as an example. So far there have only been 43 US presidents, which isn't too much (This could become 44 because Glover Cleveland was elected twice). This means you would need to remember 43 names, and 43 dates, and link them together.
The technique for memorizing dates and names together requires both the Method of Loci as well as Linking: First off, each date, of course, contains three pieces of information that should be memorized: Month, Day, and Year. The particular date in question should be converted into a number. For George Washington, he became president on April 30, 1789,.
This date becomes the number string 1,789,430, 789430, or however is convenient for you. Subsequently, convert this number string into an image. Using the table from my book Practical Mnemonics Practical Mnemonics, this becomes the consonant-vowel string "boikoufiz"
Boikoufiz transformed into a memory image is perhaps a boy holding a fizzing coke.
Similarly, the name should be converted into a memory image: "George" = a geode and "Washington" = the act of washing or washing machine.
Therefore imagine the image of a beautiful woman, covered in soap, washing a geode. Or perhaps a geode being placed in a running washing machine causing it to explode.
(Linking the two images) Then imagine the image of the boy holding a fizzing coke perhaps pouring the cola on the beautiful woman, or something else mischievous.
Lastly, bind this image to a particular memory location in a Memory Palace, ideally in the first location of some area designated for Presidents of the United States. Repeat 42 more times across each sequential location.
This method can, of course, be applied to any fact, date, or number, etc. The only limiting factors are your knowledge of mnemotechnics and the number of sequentially ordered memory locations that you have available.
However, this technique i just explained is only the simple method. There is another, more complicated yet more efficient method to memorizing dates. It's a bit too much to go into here unfortunately, but you can find it in my book.
Best,
Mah
I would like to share with a simple method for memorizing temporal data:
Being able to memorize dates is a very important skill as you are probably aware. Let's use the Presidential inauguration dates as an example. So far there have only been 43 US presidents, which isn't too much (This could become 44 because Glover Cleveland was elected twice). This means you would need to remember 43 names, and 43 dates, and link them together.
The technique for memorizing dates and names together requires both the Method of Loci as well as Linking: First off, each date, of course, contains three pieces of information that should be memorized: Month, Day, and Year. The particular date in question should be converted into a number. For George Washington, he became president on April 30, 1789,.
This date becomes the number string 1,789,430, 789430, or however is convenient for you. Subsequently, convert this number string into an image. Using the table from my book Practical Mnemonics Practical Mnemonics, this becomes the consonant-vowel string "boikoufiz"
Boikoufiz transformed into a memory image is perhaps a boy holding a fizzing coke.
Similarly, the name should be converted into a memory image: "George" = a geode and "Washington" = the act of washing or washing machine.
Therefore imagine the image of a beautiful woman, covered in soap, washing a geode. Or perhaps a geode being placed in a running washing machine causing it to explode.
(Linking the two images) Then imagine the image of the boy holding a fizzing coke perhaps pouring the cola on the beautiful woman, or something else mischievous.
Lastly, bind this image to a particular memory location in a Memory Palace, ideally in the first location of some area designated for Presidents of the United States. Repeat 42 more times across each sequential location.
This method can, of course, be applied to any fact, date, or number, etc. The only limiting factors are your knowledge of mnemotechnics and the number of sequentially ordered memory locations that you have available.
However, this technique i just explained is only the simple method. There is another, more complicated yet more efficient method to memorizing dates. It's a bit too much to go into here unfortunately, but you can find it in my book.
Best,
Mah