I think you’ll understand it more and it will retain more in your memory if you visualize it. If you can “see” it yourself, then you can always remember it
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This is 100% accurate in my case. If I can encode it by seeing it in my mind’s eyes,I can surely ‘understand and remember’ it better!
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I want to bring this thread up again as I want to add.
To remember more, why not aim for the higher levels, and then memorize that…if necessary.
I mean, once we aim to criticize and compare the higher order-concepts we will have a vast network which will help us remember easier. That is if we apply the information in different context too and test it.
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When I read something I want to memorize, I do not actively memorize it on the first read. I actively read it and try to understand then go back and memorize on review
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If you see Bloom’s Taxonomy, you will find that ‘remembering’ is at the lowermost position. That means it is the basis of everything
Bloom’s Taxonomy :
1st level
Remembering
2nd level
Understanding
3rd level
Applying
4th level
Analysing
5th level
Evaluating
6th level
Creating
Remembering is the mother of all other cognitive domains
@elitely has already given this answer. 
I didn’t notice.
I think the “Peanut Butter Conspiracy Band” said it best in their hit song “Understanding” in the “1st eight words of the song” which rose to #2 position in our local South African Springbok Hit Parades at that stage.
