To learn or not to learn that is the question this week on The Psych Files. Come with me as I explore mnemonic techniques, learn to memorize Hamlet’s famous speech, and learn 2 keys to true, lasting learning.
Resources For This Episode
- Click to read the article in New York Magazine by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman about the psychology of sleep.
- The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
Mnemonic Techniques:
- Acronyms: "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and ROY G BIV
- Rhyme - "30 days has September"
- method of Loci
- Pegword ("one is a bun")
- Keywords
Using keywords to remember the lobes of the brain:
- Occipital - Eyes - octopus with eyes instead of suckers
- Parietal - Touch - piranha biting you
- Temporal - Hearing - tempo is something you hear
- Frontal - Thinking - "front door" you open the door and Einstein is there
