7 years a mnemonist. My thoughts

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Exploring mnemonics. Part 0. Common misconceptions in mnemonics.

I also forgot to mention that people have this black and white distinction between method of loci and no mnemonics at all. In reality it’s a sliding scale. In many dimensions.

Exploring mnemonics. Part 1: The true definition of mnemonics

There are many definitions of ‘mnemonics’, but not all of them can reflect the depth and systematic nature of the concept. Let’s look at what definitions exist: Mnemonics - the art of remembering Mnemonics - a system of internal writing Mnemonics - a set of internal writing for certain types of information; special techniques for remembering… Definition № 0 isn’t bad, but doesn’t say much about anything. № 1 and № 2 look rather dry and cannot fully explain the essence of mnemonics e…

Exploring mnemonics. Part 2. How to remember for a long time?

How to remember for a long time? There are three options: Interval By cards Mnemonic Interval repetition is the most popular method. Invented by Hermann Ebbinghausen. In an experiment, he found, by memorising meaningless syllables (parts of words), that forgetting is very fast at the beginning and slows down later. That is, in his opinion, if we memorize a table of integrals, after an hour we will remember only 40%, after 10 hours = 35% and after a week = 20%. Only what we will remember is …