How to Memorize Things Using the "Loci" Method
Memorizing a long list of items can be less of a challenge if you know how to apply the Loci method. The Loci method dates back to the Greek and Roman days. Orators back then would walk through a room several times to memorize every aspect of it, including its smell, sounds, sights and the feel of the floor. The method forces the user to apply a visual memory to the thing to be memorized.
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Instructions
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Focus on a detail of some place, such as a car, home, store, or even office. The details within the visual memory should spark the memory of the item. For example, visualize yourself walking to your car, pulling out your keys, and getting in the car. Think about everything you saw and touched throughout the entire act.
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Associate the items from the list with things you see and touch, or maybe even smell. For example, if you want to remember the five Great Lakes, attach a different sensory action to Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. For example, walking into my home, I smelled supper (Superior) cooking on the stove. I saw a map with a thumb tack sticking out of (Michigan) (Michigan). Then I had to hurry (Huron) to fix a strange (Erie) noise coming from the TV. I turned it on (Ontario) to see a show.
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Use the most distinctive images you can recall for the exercise.
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Tips & Warnings
Try using a place you know very well
Once you have a place memorized well, you can swap out things for different memorizations.
References
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