Mnemonics to Improve Memory

​Mnemonics is any device used to help you remember.  A device may include rhymes, using pictures, groups of letters to remember a long list of numbers (i.e., abc = 1).  The letters can be formed into words to help you remember the numbers easier.  An example is a telephone with numbers and letters on a key and telephone numbers with 1800 - ring - me.  

Another strategy is to connect words with pictures to improve retention and retrieval.  Make the image as vivid as possible in your mind.  You can even make it is interesting ridiculous as you can.  Connect emotions with the image.  Click here for an example from Vocabulary Cartoons

FACT:  Mnemonics is effective because it connects new information with information that you already have in your long term memory.  The memory is further improved when you use all your senses such as smell, image, feelings.

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