A system with which you can learn to memorize a large number of objects, words or concepts.
There are situations when you need to memorize a certain number of words, objects, names in the desired sequence, without relying on visual or written clues. This may be required for exams, speeches, negotiations and other situations. For some, this ability may be useful just to make an impression at a holiday or with friends and acquaintances.
There is a fairly simple mnemonic system (memorization method) that will help with this. It will take some effort on your part to get it working. Suppose that at this stage you are interested in the ability to memorize 20 pieces of information.
1. Creation of mental support
The first step will be to create a mental support for further memorization. To do this, you need to write sequentially the numbers from 1 to 20 and leave a small space for schematic drawings next to them. One sheet of paper is enough for this.
Now it is necessary for each number from 1 to 20 to think over what you associate with it and draw a small drawing next to it. For example, one you associate with the word Aladdin - draw an Aladdin lamp next to this number. Next we take the number two. Personally, I associate it with a negative grade at school. And I would draw a board and a pointer. Thus, you need to make drawings for all numbers from 1 to 20. This can take up to 30 minutes. And then this support will serve you as long as you need.
2. Memorization
Now you can take 20 different words and very easily associate them on the mental level with your association. For example, the first word is "home". In our system, the number one is associated with Aladdin and his lamp. Our task is to connect the association and the word that needs to be remembered into one image. The more unusual the connection, the easier it will be remembered. How can you connect Aladdin's lamp and a house? Maybe you wanted to build a house and a third magic lamp to make this wish come true? Then your image is a house emerging directly from a magic lamp. Draw this image in your mind and remember it. Since it is very unusual, you can easily remember about the house when you need to name the item at number one. Under number two, let's say the word "apple" came across. If the association is a blackboard and a pointer, imagine that there is a stub on the blackboard instead of chalk.
Use your imagination. After a little practice, you will spend no more than a few seconds to create and memorize the image connecting the number and the word that you need to remember.
3. Retrieving from memory
At this stage, you have connected the words you need to remember with associations of 20 numbers into images. You don't need to remember the words themselves. If they tell you numbers, you will be able to remember your associations to them, which you have prepared, creating a mental basis. And immediately magical images will pop up in your imagination, by which you will remember the right words.
Using this method, you can name all the memorized words not only in forward, but also in reverse order, as well as name any word chosen at random.
