The Method of Loci: Build Your Memory Palace

Re:The Method of Loci: Build Your Memory Palace by klipt on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:08PM (#27690946)

If you read to yourself, do you hear the words read by an "internal voice"? Which you know is different from real, "external" sounds, but you're still processing as audio internally?

If so, you're imaging the sense of sound. Visualization is just doing the same thing with sight. You can still tell that "internal sight" is different from real "external" sight.

Also I believe visualization is a skill that can be improved with practice. It's just a form of 2D working memory and it's known that working memory can be improved with practice.

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Re:The Method of Loci: Build Your Memory Palace by yoz-y on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:41PM (#27692053)

I can imagine a sound that I’m familiar with. But for images i can think about a form of an object, or imagine rotating it, but it is nothing like seeing. Oh well.

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Re:The Method of Loci: Build Your Memory Palace by klipt on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:15PM (#27692956)

> But for images i can think about a form of an object, or imagine rotating it, but it is nothing like seeing.

I expect if you practiced that frequently, and gradually (over days or weeks) tried to add more details or colors etc you would find it improves over time.

But whether that's actually a worthwhile investment of time is another question :-)

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