Ciao Mark S. "The Art Of Memory". Francis Yates. The bees-knees: http://tinyurl.com/y7bq4f4w
Mark S. wrote: > > As a teenager, long before Benedictine Cucumber-Patch as Sure-lock Homes > (see how it works?) made Memory Palaces popular, I had read "The Memory > Book" by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas. Generally, mnemonics are an aid for > short-term memory. Only repetition really seems to nail things down. > Preferably spaced repetition. The exception is number-encoding systems > (Major, Dominic) since numbers really are too abstract. Plus it gives you a > game to play with license plates when stuck in traffic. > > The thing about the "art of the locus", the journey method, the memory > palace method, etc. is that they add context to memories. Human memory > doesn't have a numerical or alphabetical index. Instead it is based on > context, preferably physical locations. > > On paper, or on computers, outlines and mind maps provide a > location-independent context. That's why something like the TWOutlier (or > something better made) can help your own mind remember what kinds of > information you have squirreled away ... somewhere. > I do think that "squirrelling behaviour" is pretty central to actual acts of committed memory. Josiah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e186e57d-5fb1-4515-aa73-f9f5b013531b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
