memory cues
Prompts for remembering
Memory cues are prompts that help trigger recall of stored information.
They can be external—a photograph, a song, a smell—or internal, like a mnemonic device or mental association.
The scent of pine was a memory cue that brought back childhood Christmases.
Memory cues work because memories are encoded with contextual details; reintroducing part of the context helps retrieve the whole.
- acrosticsPuzzles with hidden verticals
- mnemonicsTechniques to assist recall
- chunkingDividing into manageable parts
- acronymWord made from initials
- word associationsLinked mental concepts
trigger · tip of the tongue · priming · auditory signals · color patterns · anchor · analogies · metaphors · rhymes · encoding · prompt · mind palace · saliencies · sensory · déjà vu · scent · nostalgia · childhood home
- memorizationrote learning, cramming, mnemonics, rehearsal, by heart
- memory & emotionemotional recall, recall, feelings, emotions, nostalgia
- brand metricsbrand awareness, brand recognition, brand equity, brand loyalty, brand image
memory cuesinterference
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
distractors · noise · blocking · confusion
memory cuesmemory erasure
Eliminating stored recollections
forgetting · amnesia · memory loss · repression · oblivion