Acronims mnemonic memory technique
You form acronyms by using each first letter from a group of words to form a new word.
This is particularly useful when remembering words in a specified order. Acronyms are very
common in ordinary language and in many fields. Some examples of common acronyms include
NBA (National Basketball Associations), SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing
Apparatus), BTUs (British Thermal Units), and LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation). What other common acronyms can you think of? The memory techniques
in this section, for example, can be rearranged to form the acronym "SCRAM"
(Sentences/acrostics, Chunking, Rhymes & songs, Acronyms, and Method of loci).
Let us suppose that you have to memorize the names of four kinds of fossils for your
geology class:
1) actual remains,
2) Petrified,
3) Imprint, and
4) Molds or casts.
Take the first letter of each item you are trying to remember: APIM. Then, arrange the
letters so that the acronym resembles a word you are familiar with: PAIM or IMAP.
Although acronyms can be very useful memory aids, they do have some disadvantages.
First, they are useful for rote memory, but do not aid comprehension. Be sure to
differentiate between comprehension and memory, keeping in mind that understanding is
often the best way to remember. Some people assume that if they can remember something,
that they must "know" it; but memorization does not necessarily imply
understanding. A second problem with acronyms is that they can be difficult to form; not
all lists of words will lend themselves equally well to this technique. Finally, acronyms,
like everything else, can be forgotten if not committed to memory.
Articles about mnemonic memory
Exercise for mnemonic memory
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| > By using Mnemonic game, you can improve your facilities of human mind concentration
word and digital mnemonic memory. You needn't practice sophisticate exercises; it
is just enough to study this training. Memory mnemonics are simple techniques
to help you remember what you want to remember. A mnemonic is as easy as, "One two,
buckle my shoe; three four, shut the door; five six, pick up sticks." Many people
learned that simple number rhyme before they ever even heard the word mnemonic.
It's an example of a mnemonic. |
| > Eidetic memory games can develop your memory and imaginary ability.
Eidetic games draws different pictures and you memorize them by using your eidetic memory.
Sounds easy? Well think again! The Statistics module will show your progress in this new method of memorizing. |
| > Puzzles can develop your mind and creativity. |
| > Concentration is the ability to direct one's thinking in whatever direction
one would intend. You concentrate on problem when you when you read a super novel.
While playing your guitar, piano, game. at a spellbinder of a movie.
Other times your thoughts are scattered, and your mind races from one thing to another.
It's for those times that you need to learn and practice concentration strategies.
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| > Mnemonic is not magic :) |
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