Memorization tools like mnemonics are good mind exercises which you can use anytime. It's also very convenient since anyone can use this without interrupting their daily schedule. Unclog your mind by
loosening up with memory improvement exercises such as the snapshot technique.
The snapshot technique is a good tool. Not just for filtering your mind of what's been blocking it to perform well but also for improving your memory. Since it works with the creative side of your brain, you get a clearer image of how you perceive things. And since a clear imagination creates better appeal and makes it easier for you to distinguish things, it leads to better memorization.
Pretend you're going to present a report. To make sure you don't leave anything important out during your presentation, sort out the things that you'll need for that day.
For example, glass of water, projector, pencil, laptop, visual aids, a notebook
Pretend that the items above are the things you need most importantly for your presentation. Forgetting one would make you look like you haven't prepared for it and you don't want that to happen. Let your memory help you out.
Try to picture a tall glass of water on your desk. Unless you take a sip from it, the glass continues to block your view. After sipping from the glass, a projector flaps out its sheet and picks up the pencil from your desk. It then draws a laptop on its sheet.The drawn laptop comes to life and picks out important visual aids from your desk. The visual aids start to get up, forming a line.
One by one, they jump from your desk to your lap. As you are about to gather the materials you need, your notebook flies down from the shelf and lands perfectly on top of the compiled visual aids.
Practice more on this technique and try to concentrate on the details of each image in the given scenario. You will realize that improving your own memory isn't that hard at all. And there is no need to worry about your presentation either.
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Memory Improvement Techniques
Kelvin Loh
Memory techniques work on anything that you like to master. There are things you may need to work on in memorizing something for the first time but all information has techniques on how they can all be memorized. It just takes a lot of interest and enthusiasm to be able to absorb all the information we want to understand and remember.
Creating an absurd and outrageous story from a list of non-related items will do well enough to stick in your head. What else is that it stays there in your memory the way the story is created, the chronological order and even the positioning of the character! The fun part about this technique is that there’s no limit to how you want to create the story and the sillier it is; the easier for you to remember it and the keywords that comprise it.
Now you’ll say what if you need to memorize an entire chapter of items and information; surely you can’t create a novel out of this. True. But in fact, what you can do to get around this problem is to break down all the information you need to remember. Try to put the related or similar items in one cluster and name it. Do the same with the rest. You can also create acronyms out of the clusters you have made and then, create a silly story using the acronyms or the cluster of words you’ve created.
Once you have this ready, you can then associate mental images with the story and each key word you’ve made. It has been proven that the imagination, especially when there’s clear images associated with it works efficiently – efficient enough to be remembered.
Following these techniques for the first time may come a bit slower and difficult but practicing them can gradually increase your expertise over any memorization tasks. You can learn more important details regarding memorization improvement techniques at
Memory Improvement Techniques
Kelvin Loh
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