Introduction to Mnemonics
Mastering Your Memory
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Brains are great at remembering certain things: bizarre images, strange stories, unique sounds. But they're terrible when it comes to memorising data, numbers or words without context. Mnemonics are used by memory champions to perform seemingly impossible feats like memorising pages from a phone book or reciting the order of a shuffled deck of cards...
Up Next in Mastering Your Memory
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Non-mnemonic Tools
Before we dive into the more advanced memory techniques, it's worth looking at some simpler ways of remembering things.
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Remembering Names
Do you forget names easily? Many people are honest enough to admit they do. Unfortunately, names are some of the most important things to remember if we want to build trust with our colleagues and clients. This video looks at the three steps to remembering names.
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Lists In Sequence
Another mnemonic tool is the use of association chains.
