For example, when someone recites a phone number, they usually give it to you in clusters of 3 or 4 digits. That’s chunking. As a memory strategy, you can apply this principle in many different ways. For example, rather than memorize your grocery list from top to bottom, you can use...
When combined with thememory palace technique, the Major System can be used to memorize numbers that are thousands of digits long. It’s also useful for memorizing decks of cards and creatingpeg lists. In this guide, we’ll show you how to create your own list of Major System pegs and u...
Have you ever wondered how some people can memorize thousands of digits of pi or other really long numbers?
I first learned about Pi Day when my daughter was in Middle School. I wondered where this day had been my whole life! Now a global tradition almost 30 years old, Pi Day is best celebrated at 1:59 p.m. on March 14 to match the first few digits of the number Pi (and the extent ...
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There is another, more complex way to memorize numbers that's been proven to enable people to memorize impressively long numbers (like pi to the 120th decimal place). You may never need to memorize a random number that's over 100 digits long, but there are plenty of other uses for this...
But to truly amp up your speed, I suggest taking on a few supplementary memory exercises, such as:Memorizing playing cards. (MMM student example –YouTube) Memorize 100 digits of pi (MMM student example –YouTube) Memorize long-form poetry (Example from me –YouTube)...
No matter what you're trying to memorize—a video script, the periodic table of elements, your grocery list—here are 11 memorization techniques you can use to strengthen your memory for any period of time. If you want to first geek out on how memory works, keep reading. To jump straight...
Kermode continues to use the techniques she honed in memory competitions in her day-to-day life, such as her weekly calendars. Below, she shares some of those tips and practices on how to train your brain to memorize things—memory athlete or not. ...
This may seem like a lot of work, creating more information than the person needs to memorize. But the method of loci is actually a way of “hacking” the brain. To remember something, the brain needs a network of information. Without this network, the memory will fade quickly. The metho...