Re:"Memory athletes" and the techniques they use [audio]
by romanhn on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:59PM
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It's funny, the memory palace idea always seemed like such an odd concept to me, until I realized I have aphantasia and lack the "normal" visualization capabilities.
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Re:"Memory athletes" and the techniques they use [audio]
by totetsu on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:22AM
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I have heard people who lack strong visualization are still able to get some utility out of it by verbally elaboratively encoding the thing rather than visually encoding it.
Re:"Memory athletes" and the techniques they use [audio]
by romanhn on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:34AM
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Totally. I did something along those lines as a kid to memorize the first 30 digits of pi. Basically coming up with an elaborate story and committing it to memory.
Re:"Memory athletes" and the techniques they use [audio]
by IndySun on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:59AM
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>coming up with an elaborate story and committing it to memory
I've tried a few of these, including the one in Derren's book. I have to say, none of it worked. Over the course of trying to remember 20 places of pi by various methods, I ended up committing it to memory too, but, and here's the important part, I do not remember them now. I think remembering different things benefit from using different techniques, and we just use the right one unconsciously, there's not a single method you can impose on all memory tasks.