Expand Your Imagination with Pegs

Our brain is such an amazing part of our body since it does all of
the verbal and mental tasks that we handle everyday. This means
that most of what we see, hear, smell, say and feel is all
registered by our brain. Our brain is also responsible in how we
think and speak.

You can't be completely on guard with all the things that comes in
and out of your mind. Stress, for example is a great memory buster.
It's when were stressed that we can't think straight at all. It's
when were stressed that makes us think everything is just turning
out bad and makes us feel even worse. Its when were stressed that
the glucose in our brain decreases because cortisol destroys
glucose.

But even then, practicing a good memorization technique can still
help. Consider the Peg method, a way to improve your memorization
skill. Using the peg method can be very useful in memorizing a long
list. You can start with the numbers 0-9. So you have a way to
remember each number, think of a word that rhymes with the number.

For example: one = nun; two = brew; three = tree etc

By thinking of any words that rhyme with the numbers, it helps in
establishing relation with what you need to memorize. Let's say you
need to memorize Acrophobia, Androphobia and Arsonphobia in a
particular order. Since they all sound alike, you can number them
as 1, 2 and 3.

1 (nun) = Acrophobia = fear of heights
2 (brew) = Androphobia = fear of men
3 (tree) = Arsonphobia = fear of fire

First, think of a nun with Acrophobia trembling each time she goes
up on the second floor. Next, a brewed coffee has Androphobia
because it cools down each time a man orders it, and lastly a tree
runs up the mountains whenever a fire approaches; proof that it has
Arsonphobia.

Try creating your very own peg words and even extend your list up
to 20 or more. You'll find it easy to memorize items.


Click below to learn more about memorizing using the Pegs method and other memory improvement techniques:

Memory Improvement Techniques

Kelvin Loh