Improving Your Memory
Basic Memory Drill and Practice Boring, But Necessary Maintenance Rehearsal Flash Cards
Drill and Practice Iconic Memory (Visual) Held For a Fraction of a Second Echoic Memory (Sounds) Held For Several Seconds
What Do These Have In Common? FANBOYS HOMES Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Every Good Boy Does Fine They’re all mnemonic devices— For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet—Conjunctions Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior—Great Lakes Order of Operations E, G, B, D, F—Line Notes
Mnemonic Devices Systems For Remembering Information ROY G BIV Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
1. Relate To What You Already Know Elaborative Rehearsal Think More Deeply More Likely To Remember
A Wolf Is Like A Dog But Wild and More Dangerous
I Before E Except After C Retrieve Weird It’s weird that “weird” doesn’t follow the rule.
If I Know My 9’s Times Through 5… 9x2=18 9x3=27 9x4=36 9x5=45 9x6=54 9x7=63 9x8=72 9x9=81 6-9 are 2-5 reversed
2. Unusual Associations Funny or strange so that it stands out
Sn Is The Symbol For Tin SNake in a TIN can
Grocery List Remember a grocery list—visualize a house (or something different), place what you need at various parts of the house. If I see a taco at the door, I know to get ground beef, shells, and such. If I see a cookie in the window, I know to get cookie mix and oil, etc.
3. Construct Links Tie The Idea To Something Else “People Pay With Money, So Do I.” Peso Peso=Spanish for money
“A black sheep doesn’t obey, ha!” Oveja “The library is full o books.” Oveja=Spanish for sheep Libro=Spanish for book
TED TALKS link https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory
NPR interview link http://www.npr.org/series/389781574/inside-alzheimers