
Many people claim that they possess a poor memory. Indeed you may even be one of those people yourself. Well whether you are or not, the simple fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the population have perfectly good memories. The problem is that they just don’t know how to use them properly. This is where mnemonics can help.
What I have attempted to accomplish with this mnemonics website, is to outline in simple terms, a variety of memory improvement techniques, that with a bit of practice and just a little time, will allow the you to express the full potential of your latent memory capabilities. These menmonic techniques I might add, have been around in one form or another for quite a number of centuries. But until relatively recent times, they had only been used extensively by a select number of magicians and showman.
What are mnemonics?
In simple terms, mnemonics are a group of memory systems and techniques that together allow the quick and easy assimilation of facts, figures, names, faces and information of all kinds. Mnemonics are therefore a group of methods for improving memory.
Facts, figures, names, faces and events, all can be learned and recalled far easier by using mnemonics, than by using the conventional methods of rote learning by repetition.
Mnemonics use the imagination in conjunction with all of the individual
senses (sight, sound, touch and smell), in order to transform a dull,
dry piece of text into a firm and vibrant memory that is not just
easy to remember, but difficult to forget!
Mnemonics gain their power by making use of the way that our minds
absorb information. For memories to be formed the following events
must occur:
I myself firmly believe that the mnemonics and memory improvement systems that are outlined in this site, are surprisingly straight-forward, and should not take you more than a relatively short period of time to fully master.
Enjoy the site!
Mark S D'Arcy