memory techniques
Methods for remembering
Memory techniques are methods for improving retention and recall of information.
The most common involve creating vivid mental images or organizing material into memorable patterns: the memory palace places items along an imagined route through a familiar building; mnemonics use acronyms or rhymes; chunking groups digits or facts into manageable units.
Also called memory strategies.
- chunkingDividing into manageable parts
- retrieval practiceStudying through self-testing
- active recallGenerating answers from memory
- acronymsWords made from initials
- interleavingAlternating elements from sequences
peg · acrostics · first letter · key · map · rhymes · method of loci · hook · elaboration · journey · spaced repetition · songs · encoding · imagery · spaced · mind palace · flashcards · rote learning
- self-educationautodidacticism, autodidact, self-study, self-directed learning, self-instruction
- Test Preppractice exams, practice test, practice tests, mock tests, mock test
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- brain hackingnootropics, neurofeedback, biofeedback, brain training, cognitive training
- memory expertsmemorizer
memory techniquesforgetting
Failing to retain memories
amnesia · repression · memory erasure · oblivion · memory decay
memory techniqueswritten records
Documented accounts preserved textually
note-taking · digital storage · external storage · documentation · bookmarking