New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Short term memorization strategies/techniques?
Ask HN: Short term memorization strategies/techniques?
3 by andrei-akopian | 3 comments on Hacker News.
For language vocabulary or technical terms/concepts which you will need your whole life, space repetition software, concept maps, Feynman Technique and other methods that "comprehend over memorize", are known to be the best for memorizing. But what about Short Term memorization of about an index card of (random) numbers/letters/patterns (in about 5-10 minutes)? It is handy to be able to memorize a somewhat large amount of information for a very short amount of time. Eg. the order of a deck of cards, digits of pi, or terms of a short exam or test that is completely pointless and just not worth memorizing. (Most of such situations come up in friend/family tabletop games or challenges.) Some techniques I heard of: - Ancient Roman leaders used body parts "as a medium" to memorize long speeches. - A friend of mine uses a visual method where he memorizes numbers using something like a pattern of numpad strokes similar to the human benchmarks "sequence test"(https://ift.tt/57g2tSR) - Stories or Words are used to "uncompress" text into something that is easier to memorize. Blindfolded Speedcubers use this technique to memorize their sequences/solutions (https://ift.tt/njYPqms). Does any resource/blog/article have more defined thoughts on different strategies or a way to think about it (from someone experienced)? I couldn't find anything on Hackernews or on the internet. (Also, "how do I google this correctly?")
3 by andrei-akopian | 3 comments on Hacker News.
For language vocabulary or technical terms/concepts which you will need your whole life, space repetition software, concept maps, Feynman Technique and other methods that "comprehend over memorize", are known to be the best for memorizing. But what about Short Term memorization of about an index card of (random) numbers/letters/patterns (in about 5-10 minutes)? It is handy to be able to memorize a somewhat large amount of information for a very short amount of time. Eg. the order of a deck of cards, digits of pi, or terms of a short exam or test that is completely pointless and just not worth memorizing. (Most of such situations come up in friend/family tabletop games or challenges.) Some techniques I heard of: - Ancient Roman leaders used body parts "as a medium" to memorize long speeches. - A friend of mine uses a visual method where he memorizes numbers using something like a pattern of numpad strokes similar to the human benchmarks "sequence test"(https://ift.tt/57g2tSR) - Stories or Words are used to "uncompress" text into something that is easier to memorize. Blindfolded Speedcubers use this technique to memorize their sequences/solutions (https://ift.tt/njYPqms). Does any resource/blog/article have more defined thoughts on different strategies or a way to think about it (from someone experienced)? I couldn't find anything on Hackernews or on the internet. (Also, "how do I google this correctly?")
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