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The Memory Method Known as Loci

Powerful Memory Techniques

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The word loci comes from the Latin word locus, which means places. Another name for the

technique is the memory palace. The method is a mnemonic device that has been used for many

years. A growing number of memory champions are beginning to use the loci technique. It has

nothing to do with intelligence. A common name for the technique is the mental walk. People use

this technique to remember shopping lists, entire deck of cards, to recall faces, birthdays, and much

more. But how does it actually work? Let's go over that right away.

If you want to use the loci system, you have to pick a 'memory palace' first. This could be anything

from your house, your city, and item, whatever. The only thing you need to make certain is that you

know the palace by heart. That you can see the rooms and items clearly in your mind. You're going

to use this memory palace to store the memories you want in such a way that makes them easy to

recall.

First, get familiar with your memory palace. See it clearly and vividly. Make certain you're able to

visualize it. Make a path that you are going to be taking through your memory palace. If you're using

your house, make up a route that you'll take through your house. Through the different rooms in

your home. Make certain that you're able to visualize everything clearly.

The method works by association the information you want to store with a room in your memory

palace. Want to store a shopping list? Visualize the first item on the list in the first room. Visualize a

bag of beans. It won't be enough to simply see it in the room, you need to clearly visualize it. Action

and emotions will make the information easier to store. Visualize the bag of beans going up in

flames. Visualize the bag of beans as being huge. Adding some factor the mental image will make it

easier to recall. I often use frustration as an emotion. I try to open the bag but can't, so I feel very

frustrated.

Place the items you wish to recall in the different rooms in your palace. The next item on your list

would be placed in the second location. The most important part of the loci method is to have a

clear visual image of the items and to know the castle by heart. Find which actions and emotions

work best for you. To be able to store an entire deck of cards, you'll need 52 locations. Practice

makes master.

Memory techniques make it a lot easier for you to recall important information. We encounter so

much information every single day that if we want to recall everything, we basically need to use

these memory systems.

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