October 14th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

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.

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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

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