We Applaud Your Awesome Memory

The memory of the human brain has been considered limitless to some while others believe it to be an uninteresting experience

Some people believe the brain has an infinite capacity to store information, others believe the memory fades with age; what could possible cause the contrast of these views?

Technique! Technique! Technique!

Everything achievable and learnable rely on technique (one can say all things rise and fall based on the use of technique); you miss the technique and the learning experience would be a frustrating one.

I will save you the details by making it simple (for this post); science has proven that the mental memory relies on certain things which I created the acronym ‘AWE’ to describe.

A       the Association

W      it’s ‘Whereabout’

E       what’s Envisioned

The Association...

Example: I noticed I tend to have a hard time remembering the Arms of Government (always forget at least one) and decided to create a strong association or link in order not to forget.

The Government has a JELLY arm….

J – Judiciary       E – Executive        L – Legislative

With the association, I promise you will not have a hard time remembering the Arms (if it was ever an issue) and it’s even better when visualized; below is a picture showing ‘my friend’ Roger holding JELLY-Fishes…

       

It’s ‘Whereabout’...

We are spatial beings and easily remember where things are as soon as we remember the location.

Knowledge can be abstract and vague (chemistry comes to mind), but with a strong link of that information with something tangible, placing it next to an item or furniture in a particular location (e.g. your bed in your bedroom), you have a greater chance remembering.

Example: Back to the Arms of Government and Roger (my good old friend), the illustrations below should shed more light to this

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                                                         Roger's Home

Roger Smokes the Red cigar first thing in the morning.

Goes into the Living Room for a regular hammer hit...

Before running to the Dining Table for a Sword-session...

With the illustrations above, we see the general route of everyone from 'the wake up call' to 'time for breakfast' and this would make us remember the actions performed by Roger at every single location.The color code of the items is also a great tool.... consider the colour:

RED and you will remember the 'LEGAL' cigar - LEGISLATIVE

ORANGE and you remember hammer used by JUDGES - JUDICIARY

and finally GREEN and you remember the crossed swords - EXECUTIVE

For a final word on this, the first letters on each of the colours spells 'ROG', the first three letters of..... ROGER.

What's Envisioned...

This simply refers to what is imagined i.e. the images or insights created from your association and how memorable it is (an image is worth a thousand words).

In order to enjoy the benefits of your inward vision while learning, after a good association is created with the piece of info and a location is identified, let your imagination flood the entire scene and a memory event will be created from the your piece of information; where people are trying to remember abstract info, you are having fun just remembering a story (or series of images)...

The entire information covered here is science based (don't want to bore you with that yet) and with a basic example from remembering your to-do list, to memorizing the elements on the Periodic Table or Items being sold in your company and the cost of each, these techniques all work well... Your Memory is AWESOME!!!

Holla back and let me know your thoughts....

Folabi.....