https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/Recent content in Memory Systems on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/peg-idea/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/peg-idea/A peg system gives each number a fixed, easy picture; to remember an item at a position, you hang it on that number's peg. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/number-rhyme/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/number-rhyme/Each number from 1 to 10 has a peg word that rhymes with it: one-bun, two-shoe, three-tree, and so on. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/number-shape/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/number-shape/Each digit gets a peg that looks like its shape: 2 is a swan, 8 is a snowman, 5 is a hook. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/peg-lists/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/peg-lists/With pegs you can recall a list in order, backward, or by position; ten pegs hold ten items. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-sounds/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-sounds/The Major System gives each digit a consonant sound: 0 s/z, 1 t/d, 2 n, 3 m, 4 r, 5 l, 6 j/sh/ch, 7 k/g, 8 f/v, 9 p/b. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-rules/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-rules/Code what you hear: silent letters count for nothing, a double letter that makes one sound is one digit, and c, g, x follow their sound. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/digits-to-sounds/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/digits-to-sounds/To turn a number into sounds, take each digit in order and write its consonant sound. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/decode-words/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/decode-words/To read a Major word as a number, say it and turn each consonant sound into its digit. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-list/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/major-list/Most users fix one picture word for every two-digit number, 00 to 99, and learn it as a big peg list. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/long-numbers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/long-numbers/Split a long number into pairs, turn each pair into its list word, and place the pictures along a journey or chain them in a story. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/dates/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/dates/A year is four digits: two Major words in one image, tied to the event. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/card-codes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/card-codes/Before memorizing a deck you fix one image for each of the 52 cards, so seeing a card brings its image at once. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/pao/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/pao/In PAO, each card or number gets a person, an action and an object; three cards in a row make one picture. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/pao-capacity/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/pao-capacity/Count pictures by dividing items by items per picture, then stops by dividing pictures by pictures per stop, rounding up each time. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/journeys/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/journeys/A journey is a memory palace stretched across many rooms or places, with stops in a fixed order, often numbered in fives. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/journey-order/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/journey-order/A journey's power is its order: each stop has a number, so you can recall forward, backward, or from any stop. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/palace-capacity/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/palace-capacity/Work out how many stops a job needs, and how much a palace of a given size holds. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/reuse-palaces/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/reuse-palaces/A palace can be reused once old images fade; competitors rotate several journeys so lists don't blur together. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/link-method/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/link-method/Link each item to the next with a vivid picture, so each one leads to the one after it. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/story-method/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/story-method/Turn the list into one short, silly story in which each item causes the next. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/choose-system/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/choose-system/Pick by the job: links and stories for short lists, pegs for numbered lists, journeys for long ordered lists, the Major System for numbers, PAO for cards. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/first-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/first-letters/Write just the first letter of each word of a line; reading the letters forces you to recall the words. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/poem-by-line/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/poem-by-line/Build up a poem cumulatively: learn line 1, then lines 1 and 2, then 1 to 3, always reciting from the start before adding. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/speech-outline/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/speech-outline/For a speech, memorize the key points in order on a journey, and the opening and closing word for word; speak the rest naturally. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/competitions/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/competitions/In memory competitions people memorize cards, numbers, words, names and faces under time limits, using the systems in this course. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/training-study/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/training-study/In a 2017 study, ordinary adults who trained the method of loci for 40 days went from about 26 to about 62 of 72 words, and kept much of the gain four months later. Memory Systems · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/training-plan/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-systems/training-plan/Train the codes first, then speed: short daily sessions, a timer, a log of your scores, and spaced review of permanent lists. Memory Systems · Memory Ladder