A. Just imagine and recall.
B. Visit the memory palace.
C. Fix the images in the mind.
D. Find elements in the palace.
E. Choose your memory palace.
F. Start simple and practice often.
How to Use the Memory Palace Technique to Boost Memory
The basic principle of the memory palace technique is that in your imagination, if you can find your way around a place and leave things on the way, then the next time you take a trip to the same place, you would be able to find the things there. This technique makes memorizing as easy as finding your way around your house.
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Pick a place that you are familiar with. This is because the ability to remember is based on how easily you can remember the place. Some good choices for this technique are your home, familiar routes, your current or former school or workplace, or any place in your neighborhood that you frequent, like a park. You should be able to picture the place and the elements within it with ease.
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Make a list of the unique features in the place that you have imagined. If you are walking through your home, the first unique feature would be the front door, which can be associated with a certain thing. If you need to memorize your grocery list, then imagine the door with lots of eggs on it. As you move in, associate each element with items on the grocery list. So, imagine a pig sitting on the chair to remember that you need to buy meat. It is best to put the elements in a certain order, maybe clockwise (顺时针方向地) or counterclockwise, to enable easy preservation.
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Look for new and unusual ways to associate the items that you need to remember with the elements in the memory palace. When you take a known image and combine it with the element, it is known as a memory peg (挂钩). To improve image associations, make sure that you look for crazy, unusual, and sometimes completely senseless associations. Generally, the scene should be so unique and interesting that the memory easily keeps it. For example, if you need to remember to buy milk, then picture a cat spilling milk all over your expensive carpet.
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When you need to remember the items, just visit your memory palace. Start your journey from the same point, and follow the same route you used when creating the palace. The memorized items will come to your mind easily as you walk along the path again.
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A simple grocery list is easier to memorize than all the Oscar winners for the year. Practice each day to make yourself good at memorizing. A memory palace can be used for a long period of time, or reused to store completely new information. With practice, people are able to store and remember huge pieces of information as and when they need it. The best part about this memory technique is that it is fun and easy-to-use. The memory palace technique has been in prominence (突出) in recent years, thanks to eight-time World Memory Champion Dominic O’Brien, who used this method to memorize 54 decks of cards in order. Whether you want to remember history, timelines, book structures, or any length sequences, the memory palace technique can help improve your memory.