I'm asking for help. My long term memory is below average, I want to fix this with mnemonics. Basically start building a quality knowledge base in some area (like computer science).

Are there people here who use mnemonics for learning and long term memorization of information from your professional field? What techniques can you recommend for such purposes?

I have an idea to build a memory palace for computer science, in which I will place the main directions of interest to me, for which in the future I will create my own memory palaces with sub-topics contained in them. Would this be effective?

I often see mnemonic techniques applied to memorizing digits, cards, etc. I’m mainly familiar with Moonwalking with Einstein and Ericsson’s paper on skilled memory theory. I have also explored the linking technique demonstrated in the memory book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas.

Has anyone successfully applied skilled memory theory and mnemonic techniques to the domain of piano and written about it in detail? The idea of elaborative encoding and retrieval structures is pretty intuitive for a linear set of digits, but piano can be multidimensional with many pieces of information occurring simultaneously:

• Upwards of 8-10 notes played simultaneously,
• Ideal fingerings for each note
• Note release times
• Pedal

A lot of conventional piano instruction does coincide with mnemonic techniques. For example they often emphasize:

• Knowing the key and time signature of your piece.
• Understanding meaningful patterns such as chords, scales, intervals, and arpeggios.
• Ear training and sight singing
• Breaking a piece into chunks and practicing them individually before putting them together.

All of the above are helpful, but I don’t feel like enough. Seeing certain patterns, knowing the rhythm, and being able to sing the melody helps out here and there, but I am still just repeating increasingly large chunks until I can play the whole thing. Even then, the muscle memory is fragile. I haven’t figured out a way to have a more or less complete mnemonic representation that I can walk through in my head the way people can with the digit span task. So I’m wondering if anyone from the mnemonics field in particular has tackled this

Is the Wikipedia page a good starting point for learning the Major System?

The way I see it, I just need to memories the table provided there and I'm good to go, or I'm missing something?

I need to remember the subheadings of a document which are labeled in a three-level number list. For example,

7.4 Problem solving

7.4.1 Puzzles

7.4.2 Riddles

7.5 Games

7.5.1 Board games

7.5.2 Monopoly

I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what system could be applied here.

Hello everyone, I have a 24 word seed phrase, but the order is messed up. How can I restore it?

I find it really hard to create words with it and try to remember articles of laws with it. How would you guys do it if the major system was out of question? Is there any other effective way of quickly memorizing numbers?

Context:

To remember the first six dicarboxylic acids.

Example Prompt:

Oxalic acid, Malonic acid, Succinic acid, Glutaric acid, Adipic acid, Pimelic acid.

Expected Mnemonics:

"Oh my, such great apple pie!"

Context:

To remember the steps in the scientific method.

Example Prompt:

Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion.

Expected Mnemonics:

"Only Questions Help Every Answer Clear."

Context:

To remember the order of blood flow through the heart.

Example Prompt:

Right atrium, Right ventricle, Pulmonary artery, Lungs, Pulmonary vein, Left atrium, Left ventricle, Aorta.

Expected Mnemonics:

"Rabbits Run Past Lovely Places Leaving Lovely Apples."

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Hello!

I'm interested in improving my memory. Could you please recommend me some books with clear instructions on how to study and remember things well? I feel that the ones that I could find on youtube, are just people trying to sell me things... I want something that is well known and worked for many people.

A little additional info. I'm learning few languages but I also want to learn things like history, human anatomy and periodic table...

Mnemonics Created on mnemonicsai.com

1. To Learn OSI Layers

• Layers: Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, Application Layer
• Acronym: PDLNTSAP
• Sentence: Please Don't Let Network Traffic Stop All Protocols

2. To Remember the Compounds of the Krebs Cycle

• Compounds: Citric acid, cis-aconitic acid, iso-citric acid, oxalosuccinic acid, ketoglutaric acid, succinyl CoA, succinic acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, oxaloacetic acid
• Acronym: CCIOKSSFMO
• Sentence: Can't Come In Our Kitchen, So Stay For My Other Food

3. To Remember the Kings Who Embraced Buddhism

• Kings: Faiyan, Ashoka, Udayin, Bimbisara, Kharavela, Harsha
• Acronym: FAUBKH
• Sentence: Father And Uncle Brought Kids Home

I first want to give some information so you guys understand where I'm coming from. I'm a speedcuber who knows basically nothing about mnemonics and sort of a perfectionist. I currently specialize in MBLD (multiple rubiks cubes blindfolded) where I use Roman rooms along with letter pairs (currently a very messy system as I don't even have a letter pair word spreadsheet). But anyways, I was wondering on what the best mnemonic system to use is, I've heard PAO being discussed at the top level but I've never really seen a general agreement on what the best system is or much discussions about it at all, and I wanted to hear some opinions for what you guys think the best systems would be (I'm not sure if theres much more than PAO, I've heard about stuff like MAJOR but I suppose there are way more), for some more information, we memorize typically ~11 letter pairs per cube, and speed is also a factor here, because there's an 1 hour time limit. I'm interested to hear some of your opinions

I have been interested in mnemonics for a while. Last year i attempted to learn major system, and i made a post here. İ was picking words mainly from Turkish, but in some ways i wouldnt be able to find words because syllables work differently in Turkish so i ended up with a non complete Turkish English hybrid set of words and gave up.

Would you work on a hybrid system, does That make sense? Or should I stick to one language, if so, is using English, despite not being my native language, a good idea?

It would really help me optimize my way to summarize information

Just started learning about memory stuff a month ago. Got my time for memorising 1 deck down to about 1 min 35. I've seen that best people in the world can do it in like 30 seconds, but don't know how steeply the curve falls off after that? Like are there loads of people who can do it in around a minute?

I'm currently using a 1 card system, each card is an image and 1 card per location in my palace. Is it possible to get significantly faster than what I currently am using this system, or do you need a multi-card system to be faster, say under a minute?

i know memory palace technique but i don’t wanna keep having to make a new palace for more information instead is there a technique where i can just use to remember long term like basically anything, obviously i’ll have to go back to it occasionally but like just for long term cause memory palace is too much right now, and for like any topic too so not just specific thing i can remeber but anything i’d like to remember is there a technique for that?

Why did Ben Pridmore & Alex Mullen replace the 1st (0-9) digits with B, T, N, M, R, L, G, K, F/V, P

Instead of replacing them using the classic major system (S/Z, T/D, N, M, R, L, J/SH/CH, K/G, F/V, B/P)?

Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Classic MS: S/Z, T/D, N, M, R, L, J/SH/CH, K/G, F/V, B/P

Visual MS: R, T/D/Th, N, M, F, S, G/K, L, B/P, J/Sh

Custom MS: K, L, N, M, R, S/Z, J/SH/X, T, F/V, B/P

Ben Pridmore / Alex Mullen for the 1st digit: B, T, N, M, R, L, G, K, F/V, P

In calculus 2 and still didn't know how to convert metric units from each other, but now I do:

Pico

Nano

µicro

Milli

Centi

Deci

(Base Unit, implied)

Deca

Hecto

Kilo

Mega

Giga

Tera

PNU (NEW)
MCD (MCDONALD)
DHK (DUCK)
MGT (MAGNET)

now I can just *10^x anything

Background: I was driving to see a friend and decided to start a conversation with ChatGPT to finally uncover a few mnemonics to help me remember some ultra common knowledge.

Just wanted to share them with others!

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1. Planets (Order from the Sun):

“My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles” = Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

2. Continents:

“Ants Always Ask Elephants Nicely About Sugar” = Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia (or Oceania), South America.

3. Oceans:

“Pirates Always Invade Salty Areas” = Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic.

I have a decent PAO system and have been trying to get faster, but hit a wall. I am curious if anyone had any break through with their time by doing anything differently. It still takes me a couple of minutes to transcribe a deck into a story. Loosing hope.

I am curious how everyone has gotten faster over time with their training?

It is in some ways a puzzle. It is also philosophy. It has applicability in many fields.

So while studying, I found some correlation with the how to make mnemonic. Here are my findings on how to make a mnemonic:

1. A mnemonic should be simple.
2. A mnemonic should not be frequently used in a topic; otherwise, it would lose its power.
3. A mnemonic should be relatable and have a catchy subtext or code name.

For example, the sequence of metals found in Indian History is CBI, which is like a crime bureau. When decoded, it means copper, bronze, and iron.

The above mnemonic follows the above three principles or guidelines that I have noticed. If there are more tips, please add them in the comments below.

Hi! I'm a beginner here, and I'm looking to learn a memory technique for one specific purpose: when I'm talking to someone, I'll sometimes agree to do something, or hear something I want to make sure I don't forget. I'd like to have a technique for filing those pieces of info so I can pull them back out shortly after and get them written down.

From what I've read, a small collection of pegs would work fine for this, but I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a specific resource or version of the method. I want to be able to:

1. Encode things very quickly, without taking too much concentration away from the conversation

2. Hold info that can be abstract and multipart (eg, "ask Michael if he noticed a problem with the report," not just "Report" or "Michael")

But the method doesn't need to be good for:

1. Holding information for a long time

2. Holding more than about 5 pieces of information

3. Holding items verbatim or in order

Any specific recommendations?

I've researched memory courses and the only one with a live component that I've found is Tony Buzan's. But the website doesn't say much about the nature of the live course. The instructors in the US appear to be few and a couple have defunct websites or mainly engaged in a different occupation. I don't feel I have enough information to embark on a course based on just that.

Anthony Metivier has a YouTube channel with some paid tiers, but again it's not clear if there's live instruction in any of them.

I would appreciate thoughts about any memory courses with a live instruction component, which could be a group setting. I have ADHD and I find it hard to learn without human engagement.

Thanks!

Hello, I recently saw this sub reddit and I was interested in it. I have a few questions what are the best ways to remember information for tests on Math and Chem. Is there any exercises I should do to improve my memory and are there podcasts I can listen to to help better learn these techniques? I saw many of you post about a memory palace, I was just going to ask what that is? Thank you

If anyone needs to practice The Major System, I made a site that can hopefully help!

themajorsystem.com

I think they are reliable.