This is a good site, I learnt a similar technique when I was young and it worked wonders for me. I think this site does a good job of bringing this into the modern age. I used phonetics to contrust images, so this is a decent alternative.
http://www.memrise.com/course/749/the-g ... challenge/
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There used to be a well known memory course by a Hungarian lecturer Dr Bruno Furst, that was available by mail order (pre-internet days)
A friend of mine had it, and it was pretty good. He'd translate words into numbers and it was all about imagination and Mnemonics. I tried it briefly and even got to the point where I could flick through a magazine and then recall something from every page, not just in order, but by individual page number.
A friend of mine had it, and it was pretty good. He'd translate words into numbers and it was all about imagination and Mnemonics. I tried it briefly and even got to the point where I could flick through a magazine and then recall something from every page, not just in order, but by individual page number.
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steven1976
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I dont suppose you remember what the course was called do you Le Tiss?
This is it I think: -
http://www.youcanremember.com/
Perfectly good resourses out there that do the same thing nowadays. Tozy Buzan's books or variants of are just as good. This web site I opened this link with pretty much uses the same technique.
http://www.youcanremember.com/
Perfectly good resourses out there that do the same thing nowadays. Tozy Buzan's books or variants of are just as good. This web site I opened this link with pretty much uses the same technique.
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steven1976
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thanks, I was just trying to test Le Tiss if the course actually worked!
Yes, it did. I never had access to it permanently though, so I never continued with it. Also, the person who had it moved on & I lost contact, so I have no idea to what extent he developed it.
I don't know if Peter's other suggestions work the same way, but Bruno Furst turned all letters into numbers 0-9. There was a reasoning behind why each letter had a specific number(I can't remember the guidelines though!! LOL) and therefore he could translate any word into a number and vica-versa. Once you had mastered this number code you could then develop a series of mental pictures to remember great feats. Like I said before, I reached a point fairly quickly where I could skim through a chunky magazine of 80 odd pages, for 1 second pick something out on the page and then associate that subject with my mental picture for that specific page number. I could then remember what was on page 23 or page 52. It worked, I wish I could have continued with it actually. I think there were 12 sessions and I only reached number 2 or 3
I don't know if Peter's other suggestions work the same way, but Bruno Furst turned all letters into numbers 0-9. There was a reasoning behind why each letter had a specific number(I can't remember the guidelines though!! LOL) and therefore he could translate any word into a number and vica-versa. Once you had mastered this number code you could then develop a series of mental pictures to remember great feats. Like I said before, I reached a point fairly quickly where I could skim through a chunky magazine of 80 odd pages, for 1 second pick something out on the page and then associate that subject with my mental picture for that specific page number. I could then remember what was on page 23 or page 52. It worked, I wish I could have continued with it actually. I think there were 12 sessions and I only reached number 2 or 3