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Using Relevant Associations When Memorizing Information.    June 8, 2012    


By: Tim Johnson.        

I have noticed when techniques in mnemonics like peg word are being used, the associations may be unusual or humorous, but have no relevance to the word being memorized. 

According to pandemonium theory,  information will seek out similarities with other information in the mind.

If you are associating irrelevant information with what you are trying to memorize,  this information will seek out other irrelevant information. This may result in building a structure in the mind that will not be as focused on the material you are trying to remember.  By using information relevant to the material you are memorizing, the mind will seek out other relevant information and build a structure in the mind more fixed on the material you are trying to memorize.


The irrelevant information will add up in time. This information could be useful information to reinforce the the information being memorized if more carefully chosen.

It may take a little more thought and discipline to find associations with similarities. But in time the mind will have more useful information to cue the information you have committed to memory.

Try to use information similar to the information you are memorizing.  

Use this table to memorize 20 words: 

1)Associate the symbols with information. 

2)Recall the information using the symbols.                                                         

                                                                        

Use spaced repetition or timed intervals when recalling the information, ( 1hr,3hrs,24hrs... etc). 




Use the set of symbols below and the table above to memorize 500 words:


Attach the table above with each symbol below using different information for each table.  You should be able to memorize 500 words when the symbols are arranged this way.

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