Master of Memory- Podcast Notes

Teaching Students to Create Mnemonics

Restrict the student options.    Memorize this number using this room as a memory palace.

"Name an object."
           vs
"Name a reptile"

For most people, the second one is a much easier question to respond to.   Why is that?
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158  Improving General Reading  Skills     (16, 39, 152 are other relevant episodes.)

Don't passively go over the text.
Reading for one of two reasons
1. pleasure or 2. information

For nonfiction books, create a one page mind map.

Speed reading is about  1.focus and 2.the motor skill of not going back up the page
Spreeder.com (speed reading site)
                                                                                                           


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The mind remembers events better than ideas

Emotions are the glue that cements memory

To remember a thing, first put it in a memorable way.

Make it a visual image
   -include color, movement, and sound

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The suggested repetition schedule is
One day
Three days
One week
Two weeks
four weeks latere

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O'brian (this might be the podcast author or the book writer) says that association and two other factors are key.   Those other factors are imagination and sensation



Other Key Memory Resources
Repeat to Remember- Brain Rules Video
Remember to Repeat- Brain Rules Video
Ted Talk- Joshua Foer
Ron White- Superhumans
Dominic O'brian- One of the most popular books on memory
Derren Brown- Tricks of the Mind  (memory is the secret behind some of his tricks, i.e. the chess games)