Harry: That student challenged me. He thinks he can remember a long list of numbers faster than I can. Another student wrote down the numbers and then timed them. I beat him by a few seconds. If I lose, I can't tell this story! During the discussion, we found that the words we use to remember numbers are quite similar. We also got stuck in 0384 for a while. He said that it was a few seconds he lost, and he couldn't think of a word or sentence quickly. He asked me what to use, and I said, "somevere". He said, "Somerville? Where did this word come from? " Well, some things are meaningless to others, but they are meaningful to me. When I was a child, I grew up in a cheap apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. My neighbor is a lovely old gentleman with a strong accent. He always refers to a place as a place. This old gentleman is like a father, and I am deeply impressed by him. So when I saw 0384, I thought of somevere, and he appeared in the picture.

Jerry: It's a sweet story, but you can also use the word samovar, a Russian teapot.

Harry: You're right, but I don't know what a Russian teapot looks like.

Remember a series of items in sequence by code method, then can you tell me what the eighth item is at once? No: you have to think about this link from the beginning, and then index it in your mind or by hand. There is a simpler way, that is, to use code words based on phonetic symbols. This is the coding method of memory system.

If you know the sounds of phonetic symbols and you should remember them now, it won't take you much time or energy. First introduce the first ten code words, and then tell you how to use them.

Since the number 1 is represented by the sound of t or d, the code word of 1 must contain only this sound. Many words can be applied to many numbers, but the words listed here are easy to imagine and can completely achieve their goals.

The word representing 1 is always iron, with only one consonant, and this sound (t) can only represent 1. Therefore, the picture of a man wearing a tie always represents L.

The number 2 is also a single digit, so the code must have only one consonant, and that sound must be the sound representing 2, that is, n, and the word (name) representing 2 is always Noah Noah. You can imagine anything, maybe a man with a long gray beard, or a normal beard.

The code word of 3 is always mother horse; Imagine your mother or a petite old woman.

4: rye. This word can only stand for 4, because it contains only one consonant R. Imagine a loaf of rye bread or a bottle of rye whisky.

5. Laws and regulations. Imagine anything you think represents the law: we always imagine the police.

6: shoes, shoes. Shoes have only one sh consonant, which just stands for 6. Imagine a shoe.

7: cattle. The next use is to imagine a cow.

8: Ivy. V only stands for 8, so Ivy stands for 8. Imagine climbing a wall covered with vines.

9: bee bee. Imagine this stinging insect.

The number 10 contains two digits, so the code word of 10 must contain t (or d stands for 1) and s (stands for 0) in turn. The word is toe toes: toes only stand for 10. Imagine your toes.

These are the first ten codewords. It's easy to remember, because their pronunciation has already told you which word it is. Look at it again; See if you remember. Because you don't remember these pronunciations in order, you don't remember these words in order. They will never change, so once you remember them, you will find them very useful.

1, tie tie

2. Noah. Noah

3. Mama Ma

4. rye

5. Law and jurisprudence

6. Shoes and shoes

7.cows

8.ivy

9.bee bee

10, toe toe

Review several times, as long as you think of the number 1 to 10, you should think of the code word. If you hear one of the code words, you should immediately think of which number it stands for. Once you are proficient, you can learn how to use these code words.

Second, the digital method

Suppose you want to remember the order and unordered numbers of ten items. At the same time, suppose you don't dispose of these items in a specific order.

You must remember that the number 8 is a biscuit. Generally speaking, it is not difficult to imagine cookies, but how to imagine 8? If you learn these ten code words, it will be very simple. The number 8 is ... Ivy. Just associate cookies with ivy: seeing the absurd picture of these two items in your mind, maybe millions of cookies grow on brick walls instead of vines.

Now, remember that the number 3 is scissors. Connect the scissors with the code word "mom" of the number 3. You can see yourself cutting your mother in half with huge scissors. This photo may make you tremble, but you will never forget it. ) Be sure to imagine seeing the picture you choose: we won't remind you again.

The number 5 is fish. Associate the fish with the code name "law" of the number five. Maybe the police are catching a giant fish, or a big fish is patrolling like a policeman.

1 This number is a pen. You can imagine a giant pen hanging around your neck instead of a tie; (the code word of the number 1), imagine that the shirt is covered with ink.

10 This number is a tooth. Associate the teeth with the toes of the code word. Maybe you imagine your feet are huge teeth instead of toes, or your teeth bite off your toes.

The number 4 is a telephone. Your code word is rye: you can imagine yourself walking into rye bread instead of a telephone booth, or a large bottle of rye whisky is on the phone.

The number 7 is a car. Associate the car with the code name "Niu" of the number 7. Imagine a cow driving a car, or you are milking a cow: the result is a car, not milk.

The number 2 is an article. The code word of number 2 is Noah; You must associate this article with Noah. This word is deliberately used here; If you want to see millions of articles fall out of the long gray beard, good. If you think the article is vague and unimaginable, you can use an alternative word to remind yourself. You can use ahtick, or newspaper articles, anything, but be sure to associate it with a beard or something you use to represent Noah.

The number 9 is a pillow. Associate the pillow with the number 9 code word "bee": perhaps, the pillow flies around you instead of the bee and bites you; Or you sleep on a big bee instead of a pillow.

Finally, you must remember that the number 6 is a balloon. 6' s code word is shoes: you see yourself wearing a balloon instead of shoes, or you blow out your shoes instead of balloons. Use one of them, or your own association, to imagine these pictures in your mind.

If you have really been associated with it and read it clearly in writing, there is no doubt that you must know these ten items. Try it, think about the code word of 1: draw. What does this tie remind you of? What are you hanging instead of wearing a tie? A pen, of course.

Think about Noah, Noah. What do you think ... articles.

Think about the horse (3). You think ... scissors.

Think of rye. You want a ... phone?

Think about the law, (5). You thought of ... fish.

Think about shoes (6 (6)). You think ... balloons.

Think of the cow (7). Do you want to ... the car.

Think of ivy (8). You thought of ... cookies. cookies.

Think of bees (9). You think ... pillows, pillows.

Miss toes (10). You thought of ... teeth.

Of course, these items are not given to you in sequence, but other than that, the results you get seem to be almost the same as those obtained by using the connection method, but there is a little difference. To know what the number 6 is, just think about the code word of 6 (shoes) and you will know the sixth item immediately! That's a balloon, isn't it?

That's not all. As long as you think of something, you will know its number immediately. What's the phone number? The phone reminds you that rye is the code word of the number 4, so the phone number is 4.

Third, association method.

Harry: Can you imagine ancient speakers wandering the streets of cities looking for buildings that can be used as "places"?

Jerry: This kind of search can not only help them remember, but also make them knowledgeable. Finally, they found that sequential information can be associated with other things, such as places or things.

Harry: So when a seeker encounters something similar to the zodiac and notices that there are twelve "positions" in it, he must learn it first. Later, some people found that some places in the Bible can also be used as places, so they must study the Bible first.

Jerry: Isn't this knowledge derived from knowledge?

All memories, whether trained or not, are rooted in association. But this statement is too simple. This book will teach you many simple association systems, and association is actually a very in-depth knowledge. When someone says "I forgot", in fact, they usually don't forget. The truth is that they don't remember it from the beginning.

How can you forget something you don't remember at all? On the other hand, there is a way to remember now. If you remember something from the beginning, how can you forget it?

This makes you force yourself to remember from the beginning.

How come? The simple association system you learned in this book will automatically help you realize it!

There is a basis for training memory called primitive memory. You can't forget anything you first perceived. At the same time, the application of our Lenovo system can strengthen the initial perception. Observation is the first discovery.

A very important part, anything you want to remember should be observed first. It is also helpful to use association.

But how do you connect intangible or abstract things? This problem is related to another foundation of memory training. It is much easier to remember meaningful things than meaningless things. When you know our methods deeply, you will understand that nothing in these systems is abstract or intangible. You will learn how to make invisible things and abstract information in life tangible and meaningful. When you are familiar with this simple skill, you can remember and learn everything in the future.

What we want to emphasize here is that almost all learning is based on memory. Educators are willing to admit it, but they all understand it. Students know that the more they remember, the higher the score given by teachers who like to belittle "memory". We think there are three basic learning skills: (1) searching for information (2) memorizing information (3) using information. Educators and knowledge sources are responsible for finding, you are responsible for using, and we are responsible for the second step.

Let's talk about association first. First of all, you have to understand that Lenovo has been used for a lifetime. The problem is that you usually associate in the subconscious and never perceive the existence of association. Anything you clearly associate with, even subconsciously, is easy to remember. But because I can't control my subconscious, Lenovo becomes chaotic.

The basic rule of memory is that you can remember new information if you associate it with something you already know or remember.

Do you remember the e, g, b, d and f of staff and treble clef? If your teacher once told you to read the sentence "Every good child behaves well", then you will remember it. Your teacher used the basic rules of memory, and he didn't even know it. He helps you remember new (but abstract) information, and connects the letters E, G, B, D and F with what you already know or understand to form the sentence "Every good boy behaves well". Obviously, this method is useful.

For many years, teachers in middle and lower grades have been telling students that it is not difficult to remember the spelling of "piece", just think of the sentence "piece". Since most primary school students already know the spelling of the word "pian", this problem can be solved by linking old knowledge with new knowledge, that is, the spelling of "pian". The ground rules come in handy again.

Few people can remember the shape of the Soviet Union or Greece or any country except Italy. This is because most people have heard others say or read books and know that Italy is shaped like boots. This is also an example of the applicable law. We already know the shape of boots. Once we connect them in this way, it is impossible to forget the shape of Italy.

These are common examples of association, including subconscious and conscious functions. Therefore, medical students use mnemonics (skills to improve memory) to help remember the cranial nerves; Other students remember the words Homes in the Great Lakes and Huron Lake.

(Lake Huron), Lake Ontario (0 Ontario), Lake Michigan (Michigan), Lake Erie (Erie) and Lake Superior; Others imagine that the four directions are thorns. The words are soprano, tenor and contralto.

And bass) to remember the four parts of the quartet. People remember that the height of Mount Fuji is 12365 feet (12 months, 365 days a year) by associating it with the calendar.

The problem with these examples is that they are only applicable to special things and have a limited scope of application. The memory training system taught in this book can be applied to anything. These methods will only be limited if your willingness to use them is limited. The point is: if you know how to consciously associate anything you want to remember with what you already know, you can have a well-trained memory. It's that simple. And you can learn to associate anything quickly and naturally.

The memory training systems you learn in this book are by no means unnatural: they are only systematic or formal natural processes. You've all heard or seen one thing and thought of another, "Oh, that reminds me …". Usually, what reminds you of something has nothing to do with what you remember. You must have made absurd or random associations.

Why can ancient speakers use their home as a "location" to remind themselves of the content of their speeches, and will they get more "locations" from other buildings? The same home or building cannot be reused. A thinker pointed out, "position is like a piece of wax." Erase the words written on it and you can write new content. " )

No, the problem is that after a while, "home" becomes too familiar. After all, stairs are still stairs, and halls are still halls. But the ancient speakers just didn't think of an important memory principle: there is no need to associate the content of the speech or anything with the place. Contents may be related to each other, so you can associate one content with the next.

This simple idea is the basis of the memory connection system. First, we will let you know how this system can help you remember tangible objects. Then, after you learn how to imagine ideas or concepts, you will realize that this method can be easily applied to intangible things.

Now, let's use basic association rules to remember ten unrelated project objects. But we will add an important sentence to supplement the law of change. The revised rule is that in order to remember all new information, you must relate it to what you already know or remember in an absurd way. Adding these five simple words means a lot. This practice can force the use of initial consciousness. Remember, initial consciousness is indispensable to everything. It can also force you to concentrate and develop your imagination in a way you have never used before, and at the same time force you to consciously associate.

Suppose you want to remember these ten objects in turn: plane, tree, envelope, earrings, singing, basketball, salami, stars and nose. Ok, imagine the plane in your mind. Don't use the memory rule yet. Next is the next object: the tree.

Now you can use this law, assuming that you already know or remember the plane, and now the new information you have to remember is the tree. All you have to do is imagine an absurd picture or mental image in your mind-connect the two.

Now there are two steps. First of all, you must have an absurd possibility, madness, irrationality and absurdity-pictures or psychological images associate the two. Don't need reasonable pictures.

An example of a reasonable picture may be: a plane is parked next to a tree. It's unlikely, but it's not funny at all. It's possible-so it may not work. The absurd or impossible picture may be: a huge tree is flying instead of an airplane, or an airplane grows on it, or millions of trees (like passengers) are boarding the plane. These are crazy and impossible pictures. Now, choose one of the pictures, or your own picture, and keep it in your mind.

Of course, we don't mean seeing planes and trees. Instead, you should imagine the action you choose. The most absurd connection between two objects is action, just like the example above.

Quickly see pictures and actions in your mind. You didn't do anything abnormal; You've been imagining things in your head all your life. In fact, you can't think without imagination. Thousands of years ago, Aristotle said at the beginning of his book, "You can't think without pictures in your heart."

Seeing a picture or mental image in your mind is like having a movie screen in your mind. If you read the words husband, children, car, etc. You will "see" what these people or things look like, even if the picture is fleeting. Try not to imagine an elephant: don't see an elephant in your mind. What happened? It is impossible not to see or imagine elephants!

All right! Then, choose the absurd association of airplanes and trees. Now this picture comes to my mind.

Don't think about it after trying. However, "trying" is very important. We tell students that even if our system doesn't work, it can still work! It sounds stupid, but it's true. Just trying to use this system can improve your memory, whether they are effective or not. This system is really effective, and the effect is quite good. It can definitely improve your memory to an incredible degree.

The next object in the list is an envelope. Suppose you already know or remember the tree, the new thing to remember now is the envelope. Just associate trees and envelopes with absurd pictures or associations in your mind. You may see millions of envelopes growing on a tree, or a tree is sealing a huge envelope, or you try to put a tree in an envelope. We can offer many other suggestions, but all you need is an absurd picture. Quickly choose one of them or the picture you want to see in your mind.

This scene doesn't need to be seen, just take a little time. What matters is the clarity of the picture, not the length of time. Please take a second to clearly imagine this picture.

The next thing to remember is earrings. You already know the envelope, and you associate it with the earrings with absurd associations. You may see yourself wearing an envelope instead of earrings, or you open the envelope and millions of earrings fly out and hit you in the face.

By the way, it would be better to imagine the picture yourself. When we suggest absurd pictures, we have deprived you of some initial consciousness. We will still give you advice, but whether you use our advice or your own, you must see the picture clearly.

Choose the envelopes and earrings we provide, or imagine and see this picture in your mind.

The new thing to remember now is the bucket. Associate it with the earrings. You can imagine yourself wearing a bucket instead of earrings. Or a vat with huge earrings. See one of them in your mind.

The next thing to remember is singing. This is not an object or a noun, but its purpose is to tell you that it is not important, and Lenovo can still help you remember it. ) associate singing with the last thing called a bucket. If you see a huge bucket singing, that's right. Or you can see yourself singing with a bucket in your heart. Impossible, but ridiculous. Just make sure you see the picture clearly.

Next is basketball. Think of singing. Imagine a basketball that can sing, or someone is singing and millions of basketballs fly out of his mouth.

Salami. Imagine a giant salami playing basketball, or a basketball player (Lucas, who else? ) We transported sausages instead of basketball.

Stars. Imagine a huge sausage shining in the sky, or you are cutting stars to cut sausage! See this picture.

Nose. Imagine that someone's face is a shining star without a nose, or a star with a big nose. See this picture.

If you try to look at all the pictures, you will know all ten objects. The first object may be the only one you don't remember, because you don't associate it with other things to remind yourself. We will teach you to solve this problem soon. If you remember that object, good. If I don't remember, it was a plane. Try to think about these objects before reading the following paragraphs. Now, meditate on the plane for a while. What do you remember? Trees, of course.

Think of trees, and then you will think of ... envelopes. Think of envelopes, and then you think of ... earrings. When you think of earrings, you think of buckets. What stupid thing is the bucket doing? Singing, of course, so you want to sing. What else is singing? Think about basketball for a while, and then you will think about salami. From salami, you think of ... stars. Finally, the stars will remind you of your nose.

How are you doing? You should remember all the objects. If one or two of them are difficult, if you feel that you have forgotten, it may be because you read the words in the book before you begin to imagine. You haven't forgotten at all. If you think you forgot, then you didn't remember at all in the first place. Go back to that object and try to use your association. In other words, the picture must be absurd, and more importantly, you must see the picture in your mind.

If you take out your paper and pen and try it yourself now, you will find that you can list these ten objects in order, without missing any of them. Give it a try. Now, try it the other way around. Think about the nose; So you thought of ... stars. The stars remind you of salami. And then you think ... basketball. Basketball thinks of … singing, singing thinks of … buckets, buckets think of … earrings, earrings think of … envelopes, envelopes think of … trees, trees think of … planes. Make a list of yourself and try this method. You will be proud of yourself, because you can remember a series of objects in order, from back to back or from back to front.

Association training:

Training 1

What do you think of when you read the following two words:

(1) tulips/umbrellas

(2) cats/shoes

(3) Sweet food/sadness

(4) Painting/Knife

(5) the sky/cars

(6) Shrub/cove

(7) Walking stick/leather

(8) Chairman/basket

(9) Water lilies/chemists

(10) Cloud/Happiness

Training 2

This exercise guides people to play associative thinking. First of all, ideologically write all the associations caused by the following words:

(1) camel

(2) Madrid

(3) sunshine

(4) nails

(5) Glass

(6) ring

Fourthly, interval method.

Another step to improve memory is to combine it with another key factor. This important factor is "interval".

It can make memory work for you more effectively, quickly and conveniently.

You know something about the ability of memory. Now let's see how to use "interval" or "interval memory method" to speed up your memory improvement process.

When people try to remember something for a period of time, the brain can still provide what they remember for this conscious memory for a period of time later. So, can this memory produce greater benefits?

Yes, and unexpectedly.

The combination of interval memory method and memory phenomenon is like a lock with a key.

Suppose you are on the phone. The other party is a businessman. He told you that if you can call another person at once, that person can help you make a big deal. Of course you will be happy to hear the news. It's really rare that you can do this without blowing off dust.

You immediately reached into your pocket and wanted to take out your pen to write down this phone number. Unfortunately, the pen is out of water. This set of numbers can only be memorized by the brain. You repeat this set of numbers in frustration. But can you remember it in the conversation? Can you remember that number before you call that person? If the line is busy, can you recall this group of numbers in a few minutes?

It seems like a trivial matter, just a phone call, but it seems to remember a lot. Are you so unlucky that you forgot your number as soon as I told you?

People usually remember telephone numbers by repeating them several times after hearing them. After that, I did something else. But when I want to make a phone call, I can't remember this number. In fact, as long as the above practices are slightly improved, we can avoid the misfortune of being forgotten.

Stopping for a while is equivalent to browsing twice. In other words, after you repeat the phone number or other things to remember, pause and repeat it again. Pause before repeating the third time, then repeat the second time. Pause before repeating the third time, because anything that stays in your mind for more than 20 seconds can be transformed from instantaneous memory to short-term memory, which can be consolidated and maintained for a long time. Of course, the information at this time still needs to be strengthened through review.

How long should the interval be?

Generally speaking, the interval should be as long as possible within the scope of not forgetting the information. For example, after you have studied a certain material, you should review it five times a week. And these five times should not be evenly arranged in five days. The maximum rate of information forgetting is that the longer the early information is kept in memory, the smaller the risk of being forgotten. Therefore, when reviewing, the initial interval should be smaller, and then gradually extended. Do the following:

Day one two three four five six

Review times √√√√.

If there are many things to remember, such as the main points of a speech, how should I remember them?

The following words are the central words of this speech. They are interrelated, so they are easier to remember. Read it several times until you can recite it without looking. This method is called "polymerization method".

Please write down how much time you spent in the space below.

1. Nature of the project

2. Save money and sources

3. Use and distribution of funds

4. Repayment of funds

5. Long-term objectives of the project

The time you need to remember all this is:

Let's take a look at the situation of using the "interval method" after we remember it with the "set method". The following is also an outline of the speech. Do this time; After reading it, look away from the topic for about 10 seconds, watch it again and try to remember it. If you can't recall it accurately, look away for a few seconds, and then read it a third time. Go on like this until you can recall these words correctly, and then write down the time it took.

1. Utilization of atomic energy.

2. The role in national defense.

3. Potential destructive impact.

4. The danger of the reactor.

5. The future of the nuclear energy world.

Time you spent:

Which method is good?

Although the first memory method is faster than the second, the memory effect may not be as good as the second. Many experiments also show that interval memory has advantages over set memory.

The pause time in interval learning should allow scientific things to be just written down. In this way, with the help of memory phenomenon, you can take another step forward on the steps of successful memory.

What is the result of memorizing telephone numbers by set method? This kind of memory, which psychologists call "primary impression", can't stay in my mind at all.

Industry naturally responded. The most obvious example of this phenomenon is the switch of the light bulb. When we see the light bulb. Another example you may have experienced is that someone slapped you in the face. Although the hand strike is only a moment, you seem to have heard it for a long time. Sometimes we have the feeling that when an ugly person is talking, even if his speech stops, you only feel it after that one or two seconds.

This is beneficial to students. Because when you are not paying attention to the class, the teacher suddenly asks you questions, and it is very likely that you will rely entirely on memories at this time.

When you need to browse to remember, if you want to remember some names, numbers, lists, etc. Just use interval memory. Suppose you attend a cocktail party for dozens of people and you realize that 18 is useful to you. If you want to remember them, you should repeat these names when introducing them. In the next few minutes, I have to recite these names every half minute or so. In this way, you will find it not too difficult to remember these names. Write down their names when you get home. Read it again the next day, and then you can remember these names completely.

When you start interval memory, never let other important things interfere with your memory. This is also the law of "the highest forgetting rate in early memory" just mentioned, so the time interval should be smaller. When you watch it the second time and the third time, the inauguration ceremony is unlikely to be disturbed. As you learned in "Day Six, Reward", the memory of the next day is better than that of the previous day.

For example, you are learning Spanish and going to Mexico. The plan you set for yourself is to learn 25 words every day. On the first day, you found 25 words, but you only remembered 20. But in your memory the next day, you can think of 23. In this way, you use interval memory method to gradually surpass yourself in a few days and easily reach your expected goal. When you win, don't ignore the role of interval. Try to make good use of the daily break, or you will give up all your efforts.

Some people think it is necessary to be prepared before work, just like an athlete relaxing before a game. I don't entirely agree with this statement. I think it is futile to have too much rest and relaxation before work, especially before memory.

I know a lawyer who doesn't agree with me. He said that all preparations before construction are essential. It happened that I went to his office on business the next day. He sharpened the pencil, found the file, returned the book and made a phone call-we talked for ten minutes. At this time, he had to admit that the preparation was a bit wasteful.

Keep what you need at hand, so that your preparation can be done faster and with less interference. The best way is to put your preparation list on your desk. For example, if you want to prepare a sales trip, your preparation list should be as follows:

My preparation list

Notepad, new catalogue, old catalogue, customer list, pencil (red, blue and black), train timetable, hotel list.

In addition to the advantages mentioned above, there is another important one that cannot be ignored. This is what you learned by the set method. Let's go back to the phone number. Suppose you repeat this number three or four times and then walk away. You must think you wrote down that number. Because you have been verbally appearing three or four times, but you have been deceived by this illusion.

After half an hour, the echo is gone, the numbers are gone, and your memory efforts are completely in vain. In fact, the loss caused by this is far more than memories.