Memory foundations Learn how to remember anything WEB TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
Memory foundationsLearn how to remember anything
WEB TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
The Baker Paradox
A baker A man named Matt Baker
The memory palace
A room as a memory palace
How to remember anything
1. Summarise - deconstruct what you want to learn and summarise it
2. Picture - convert the summary into a picture
3. Link - link the picture to your peg in your memory palace
Example
Concept to remember Picture(s) Peg Memory
Heading tags<h1><h2><h3><h4><h5><h6>
Heading = A talking head (with no body) with 6 eyes,
counting from 1 - 6Lamp A talking head (with no body)
with 6 eyes, counting from 1 - 6 stuck on top of your lamp
How to design your own memory palace
The memory palace
My flat Office 1Office 2 Office 3
My parent’s house
My grandparent’s house Journey to work The gym
My old flat Legal officeHR office New York office
My parent’s house
A holiday apartment
Journey to work The gym
My friend’s flat Office 1Office 2
Video game My laptop My rucksack
My grocery store Train station 1My local
market
Train station 2My
grandparent’s house
My partner’s parents house
My partner’s house
My grandparent’s
houseJourney to train station
My parent’s house My old gym Journey to
workJourney to
airport
My flat Office 1Office 2 Office 3
My parent’s house
My grandparent’s
houseJourney to
work The gym
The memory palace
A room as a memory palace
Further reading
How to build a memory palace - http://mt.artofmemory.com/wiki/How_to_Build_a_Memory_Palace#First_Location
Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer
You can have an amazing memory, Dominic O’Brien