1. The rhyme. For hundreds of years, schoolchildren started the study of American history with: "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." 2. The verbal gimmick. Clearly, modern civilization would be ...

There is nothing too smart or too stupid for a mnemonic. They can teach you features of specific neurological disorders, or they can teach you how to open a jar. Here are some of the cleverest memory ...

In prior lessons, we learned some of the key principles of memorization: Lesson 1: encoding, consolidation, retrieval, re-consolidation Lesson 2: getting motivated Lesson 3: paying attention Lesson 8: ...

Mnemonics is a fancy term for mental devices that help memory. People have used these devices for more than 2,000 years to learn lists that they dare not forget. (For example, mnemonics are useful ...