Pegs and Numbers to Keep Your Memory Going
It isn’t too difficult to keep a good memory. Reading newspapers every morning and doing the crossword puzzle is already a healthy way of allowing your brain to exercise.
There is nothing difficult about keeping your memory at par with what it can potentially do for you. You can start teaching yourself how to use mnemonics, a memorization technique which gives various methods for you to choose from in keeping great memorization skills.
Try using the Number method for your memorization exercises. For instance you have the numbers 1-4. Think of words that best rhyme with each of the numbers.
For our example, we have the following:
One = gun Two= dew Three = tree Four = floor
Next, pretend that you need to keep in mind four laboratory apparatuses.
1 (gun) = test tube 2 (dew) = forceps 3 (tree) = beaker 4 (floor) = clay triangle
Now, you need to make sure you remember these items in order. This is called the Peg word system since what you do is associate a peg word to a particular item in the same order. You also need to be a little creative at this time.
So, to do this, think of a gun using test papers as bullets to aim at the test tube. The shattered pieces of the test tube then become morning dew and you try grabbing it by using forceps. As you turn, a tree with a beak collects twigs from the ground to create a nest. The tree then kneels down and a family of little triangles made of clay starts to climb the tree’s branches, settles in the nest and starts to spread clay on the nest floor.
Your examples need not to be perfect. As long as you understand what you’re trying to memorize, then it should be good for your memory as well.
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