Method of loci (memory palace technique)
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THE METHOD OF LOCI
Memorize like the pros
(and the ancient Greeks)
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The Method of Loci (also known as the memory palace technique) links a list of data with a physical journey to instil it in your brain.
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This is what the 8 time World Memory Champion Dominic
O’Brien uses to win year after year.
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Step 1 – Have a physical journey that you know well (I use a trip around my parents
house, stepping into each room in turn).
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Step 2 – Rehearse this journey in your mind a
number of times. Try and think of what emotions crop
up in each location.
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Step 3 – Now place a piece of data in each of those
rooms (I like to physically place it on the sofa for
example in my parents living room).
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Step 4 – Start at the beginning of your journey in your mind, follow its path, recall the emotions and then
look for the data in the room.
It should visually pop straight into your head.
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Brain scans of "superior memorizers", (90% of whom use The Method of Loci), have shown
that it involves activation of regions of the brain involved in spatial awareness, such as the medial
parietal cortex, retrosplenial cortex, and the right posterior hippocampus
(1)(2).
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Basically -
THE MORE REAL THE MEMORY =
THE MORE IT’S CEMENTED IN YOUR
BRAIN
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You can use multiple journeys or have one long journey that you can
use over and over.
I’ve used a journey around my parents house to memorize the 52 cards in a deck, half drunk. It really
works!
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No, my parents do not live in a mansion. You can increase the length of your
journey by making each room a mini journey –
Walk in the door, data on the fireplace, data in the picture frame to the right,
data sat in armchair, data on the TV etc.
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No, my parents do not live in a mansion. You can increase the length of your
journey by making each room a mini journey –
Walk in the door, data on the fireplace, data in the picture frame to the right,
data sat in armchair, data on the TV etc.