6 Key Principles
A process based in the brain
What is memory?
This technique is best done aloud.
What is recite and repeat?
This technique puts information into your own words.
What is restate it?
Mnemonic devices are based on this type of associations rather than logical ones.
What are unusual associations?
This tool suggests avoiding generic names.
What is name digital documents for easy recall?
The brain's connection with the world
What are the senses?
This technique allows you to see/visualize information.
What is create pictures?
This technique is used to remember things like phone numbers.
What is chunk it?
This type of mnemonic uses acronyms.
What is make up new words?
This remembering names technique links a person's name with a characteristic.
What is use associations?
Making choices about what to remember and how to remember it
What is encoding?
This technique links new data with similar (or different) data that you already know.
What is create associations?
This technique does not mean zoning out.
What is relax?
This technique pairs words with numbers.
What is the peg system?
This tool links two activities together and makes the association unusual.
What is set a memory trap?
Recalling information regularly
What is decoding?
This technique involves categorizing, chronology, spatial relationships, and alphabetizing.
What is organize it?
This technique demands mastery of the material.
What is teach it?
This system creates visual associations with familiar locations.
What is the loci system?
This remembering names technique can be done by yourself or with someone else.
What is recite and repeat?
Memories grouped together in the jungle
What are herds of thoughts?
This technique reveals knowledge gaps from oral reviews.
What is writing it down?
This technique suggests looking for visuals while reading and listening to lectures.
What is be selective?
This type of mnemonic device uses acrostics.
What is use creative sentences?
This tool requires turning a book chapter or handwritten notes into a specific type of typed document.
What is use outlining software to encode information?