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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Memory techniques...

A cool memory technique......

The mnemonic device, known as the loci method, involves placing mental pictures of items in specific locations inside a room, in a specific order. A person can then "walk" through the room and see all the objects that must be recalled. Each person must develop his or her own locational system. Teachers in antiquity recommended using public places such as temples or meeting houses as sites for spatial memory training; an individual would stand inside a temple and memorize the position of each column and statue, from the main entrance, along the right wall, across the front, back down the left wall, and so on. Each item from a list would then be assigned to a column, statue or other feature, in a given order. Later, the memorizer would READ MORE

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Fascinating, and a great reminder on what we have forgotten, so to speak. Does anyone remember that the Prophet (pbuh) and his companions memorized the Qur'an as it was recited to them, and that in those days memorizing was common and learned as a child. Hardly anyone is a Hafez in modern times, but the Qur'an says "Recite!" and so they did, by memory as the beautiful words of Allah.

Ya Haqq!