Loci method: this way you can remember things better

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With the "loci method" you can remember things better

Have you ever played "I'm packing my suitcase"? If you lose a lot of the time, you may not be using the right memory technique.

A tried and tested trick for memorizing things in a certain order is the so-called "loci method". How does it work? You memorize things with the help of a map in your head – for example, your daily commute, which is permanently stored in your memory. In concrete terms: you link the objects that you should remember with places on your way to work.

How exactly can I imagine the loci method?

An example: You want to memorize the following items in this order (for example for a recipe that you cannot write down at the moment):

First put onions, then potatoes, carrots, peas, broth and finally pineapple into the pot.

The method: Think about your commute. Every morning you pass the following places: front door, traffic light, kiosk, subway, bus, office entrance. Now you associate the ingredients with these locations, say with the help of this little story:

When I front door tighten, I pinch myself – that onions very beautiful. Then I stand at the traffic light, if I Karl Toffel meet. When I took a short dip in the kiosk do, the seller is eating one carrot – mhm how delicious! I then rush to Subwaywhen a woman snatches the last seat from me. Funny, because she resembles the actress from the movie "The Princess on the pea". When I later went to the bus run, I step into a puddle that looks like dark broth. Uh! Fortunately, the shoes are up to Office entrance dried where just free pineapple is distributed.

Isn't the loci method too time-consuming?

Not at all! The story may sound like a narrative top performance at first – but it's very simple, you will see. And even if such a story looks like a lot more work than writing a list with 6 words: You are guaranteed not to forget the terms – and remember them in the correct order.

Incidentally, this not only saves you when "I'm packing my suitcase" – or when you can't make notes. No, it also keeps the mind fit! And we should work on that every day anyway.

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