Chapter 3 - created from Mind Map

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Memory and Your Brain

Retooling Memory

Mnemonic Devices

Memory Jungle

Memory Trapping

Memory is a process in the brain

It works in stages to store memories

Encoding and decoding require strategies

Processes take time

It has 3 steps

Input

Short term processing

Long term processing

Certain methods of learning and remembering

For example, the Mnemonic Devices above

Create digital content as reminders

Create an instant access archive in your brain

Choose whats important to remember

There are several apps, a simple websearch could find you many

Google Keep

Apple Notes

Samsung Notes

Computer applications can aid this

Avoid using cliche names in the processes

For example, choosing to remember due dates rather than video game related stuff

New words, creative sentences, rhymes and songs, and the loci and peg systems are all examples

Create acronyms to help you remember things

Mnemonic devices are unusual rather than logical to create mental associates

FOIL in Algebra

Using the peg system can create rhymes for memorizing

Your senses are animals entering the jungle

The paths left by your sensory animals making recalling easier

"Herded" thoughts are easier to recall

The five different senses

Taste

Touch

Smell

Hear

See

It creates a pathway for memory recalls

Gathered thoughts

Do something to "trap" thoughts

Switch the hand you wear your bracelet

Imagine a dog chasing you on your way home, the dog is your homework