10 years ago I challenged myself to recite pi to 100 decimals. I ended up doing it like people read out a phone number, using chunks. I found it relatively easy. I just learned a few chunks a day until I could do it all. I recently tried it and took like 20 mins for me to be able to do it again (must be a muscle memory thing idk cause I didn't have to think much to be able to do it this time?). The thing is I can only do it if I use the same chunks every time. It's almost like a rhythm of a song.

Is this method simply called chunking and using vocal rhythm to "remember" the numbers? I imagine the further you go with reciting pi you'd have to start using more advanced techniques - what would they be?

Thanks

I want to associate things with numbers, is it better to use objects or living creatures, and why?

What would be the best way to memorized hundreds of French words in a very short period of time and keep retaining them? I am also not good at Memory Palace and I am upper A1 level in French.

Do you know of any channel that explains all, or at least most, of the memorization and learning methods that exist and are known?

I see that recently there are videos explaining, for example, "every ... explained" as "all productivity methods explained"

I wish there were any of these about learning or memorization

Recently, I became interested in memory techniques and mnemonic devices. I know the majority of them. I heard somewhere that the method of loci (the memory palace technique) is the best memory technique in history, but I'm also aware that the usefulness of memory techniques varies from person to person. For example, if someone has aphantasia, the loci approach will be completely ineffective. As a result, we cannot absolutely declare which memory technique is the most effective. However, we can look at it this way: which memory technique or mnemonic device has proven most beneficial for most people throughout history?

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Let's imagine that we have to memorize the phrase "apples are red because they have a natural pigment" We must take the first element important of the speech (apple) and imagine that it is in the closest possible place, for example in my hand. Once done we must use all the senses that we can reasonably involve, in this case they are sight and touch, imagining the appearance and roughness of the apple is essential. Now we can identify a more abstract element (red), what we will do is turn it into something tangible, in my case I will think of a Soviet soldier We will then imagine that the soldier is struggling with us for the apple and to give it realism we will try to involve the corresponding senses (sight, touch and hearing). We will imagine the force of the struggle, the sound and we will see the soldier in front of us. We will take another abstract element (pigment) and try to associate it with a physical element, in my case I think of an African tribal. We will then imagine that an African tribal begins to hit the soldier, we will then involve our sight and hearing, we will see and hear the brutal blows, then it will be easy to remember.

Memorizing a speech is one of the most important skills you can have. There are two fundamental keys First you must get your brain used to creating a mental video of the speech. Second, you must imagine that you are inside the mental video. By doing this your performance will increase up to 1000%

I'm the kind of person who can memorize three-hundred-word speeches in one minute and memorize ten-figure numbers in one second. Most people around me think that I have a photographic memory, the basic key to this is learning to create fictional stories that are as realistic as possible.When I have more time I will be giving a series of specific advice.

I'm working on a mobile memory / language game and am curious how well people who are into memory hacking might do at it / how fun they'd find it. If anyone is interested in testing, let me know!

I've seen many apps out there that have various techniques for memorization, but most of them involve typing. Are there any that are driven by speech recognition, or even more preferably, entirely auditory?

I'm picturing an app on my phone that would let me practice my lines in a play while I'm on a long hike - all without necessarily looking down at my phone.

Hey hope this is the right place to post, but I'm playing "devilish pairs" in the brain age: concentration training game and trying to figure out the best memory hack to improve my scores.

The game is basically several rows of cards and you need to match identical numbers by flipping over 2 cards at a time.

So obviously there's some chance but the main skill is the memorize the exact position of every number as you turn cards over. If you turn the same card over twice without matching it the 2nd time, you get a penalty.

I know there's a lot of memory tricks out there but not sure which ones would be most effective for this type of game. Basically memorizing positions of numbers

Anyone have some leads for me to try?

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I decided I anted to start reading books a lot more and learn some things and I do have a routine in place but I wanted to ask the people who are more knowledgeable in memorisation about what they think about it. Advice is much appreciated ( it’s non fiction books btw)

Pre read - read the blurb and the outside of the book

Read a chapter and break down what you learned in the book

Then take notes in your own words putting the book aside

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Keep your notes short and precise like a bullet point list instead of a paragraph in your own words

Take a 5 min break thinking about that chapter

Re read the chapter again to see if you missed any details or perspectives and add them to your book after finishing if you found another perspective.

Then add an example about how that chapter can be applicable to your life

Upload it to google docs

Review the knowledge which could be a quiz on the book or re reading the notes taken once a week

Hi, I basically need to learn all of the GCSE German vocabulary in 2 weeks. (It’s about 2000 words) what is the best way to learn it all and in English there is often words split into different roots, for example triangle is split up into tri and angle . Is there a similar thing in German that I can learn? And what is the best method to use? Any help would be much appreciated thank you .

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Does anyone have experience using Dominic O'Brien's method for physics or mathematics formulas? If yes please tell me how you do it

Hey all. I’ve been suffering from poor information retention and recall for so long now. Especially when it cones to books or audio.

The thing is I love reading books and watching educational content, however can never recall what I learnt. I’m not trying to study it, just want to be able to recall it for everyday conversations or for my own thoughts. For example I want to be able to quote someone or discuss a topic in detail like a lot of people I talk to, but can’t! I feel like i have a shit tonne of info just blocked up in the back of my mind.

What are some sources where i can start improving this ability? I don’t know if memory palace is the right thing, it sins like a better studying tool? I just want to recall something I’ve literally just consumed.

Help!

So i have been using this memory league website to train my memory but i plateued at around 15 words per minute any tips to improve morę?

I do not know why but i sometimes forget some details forget the meaning of certain anchors and overall mess up things why? It sucks am i just stupid?

I submitted an entry for this website half a year ago, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with waiting a long time for their results to be updated.

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Pi day is soon so I am hoping it gets updated lol.

I need my permit by June I need to memorize the rules of the drivers handbook 77 pages please help

What is the best and fastest way to memorize Chinese characters, their meaning and their pronunciation?