Thanks for the interesting replies! In my experience, indeed the mnemonic becomes irrelevant after a while, because the actual information will just pop up. However, after a prolonged period without repetition, the actual information - while still retained in memory - might fail to pop up, whereas the mnemonic still might.
The essence, for me, is that single, small pieces of information are hard for the mind to deal with, whereas whole images, scenes, stories, are very easy. We need a bit of complexity and a certain amount of details, each of which, however, we do not have to remember separately. Thus, adding some imagined detail and a story line, where the details don't matter too much, makes perfect sense. Other possibilities also make perfect sense to me, such as imagining real-life situations where the information is needed, like Dougie is doing. Perhaps that's even much better. My point is that some people really get stuck in a narrow, unimaginative state of mind when studying, which makes it all stressful and difficult. In my personal case, I've been needing to learn this for about 20 years. That's why I think it would be nice if Mnemosyne somehow put people on the right track. Have a nice Sunday! Wim -- Wim Woittiez 0486 69 87 31 [email protected] Creator of Communicatie en Tango <http://www.communicatieentango.be/> Trainer at Veeckman & De Veirman <http://www.vedv.be/> http://be.linkedin.com/in/wimwoittiez See who we know in common on LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/17626342/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
