Say,for purposes apart from memory competitions , when studying for school/uni,where speed of encoding isn’t required to be blazing fast,but rather the focus is on making the images stick longer,
What is your experience with using your fixed,pre-memorised set of images(static encoding )for your numbers against generating the image on the spot(dynamic encoding )using a system(Major/Dominic/Shaper etc)?
I can’t help but think that encoding dynamically might result in more Unique images and thus better for long term retention.
Of course it depends on repetition and how rich in sensory details the image is.
Please shed some light on this!
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I have created about two thousand flashcards for an upcoming law exam, with many of them containing multiple distinct numbers to be remembered. Considering the sheer volume and continuous reviews, I’m quite happy to have ‘static’ enconding instead of having to come up with a unique image every time. It both saves time and makes the images easy to interpret, since I know that a carton of cigarettes will always be ‘01’, not ‘77410’ or ‘smoking’ or what have you. I also know that I don’t have to worry about whether it’s symbolizing ‘cigarettes’ (77410) or ‘cigs’ (770) or ‘marlboros’ (345940) or even the german ‘Zigaretten’ or ‘Zigarettenschachtel’.
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