The next memory technique is a natural progression of the word/picture association technique. Again, it’s easy to learn, and should help you to remember short-to-medium lists of information. It’s called the Link/Story memory technique and here’s how it might work when trying to remember the OSI layer (as an example).
Using the link/story memory system you create associations for each item in the list, and string them together to form related objects or a story that will help you remember
The 7 OSI layers are as follows:
PhysicalThe story that you create can be as arbitrary or make-believe as you need it to be - again, the more absurd the better because you'll remember it easier. In this instance we might try something like this:
Data
Network
Transport
Session
Presentation
Application.
On PHillip’s DATe with NETtie they took the TRAin to the SEaside where he PRESENTed her with APPLes.
Silly, yes. Easy to remember, definitely. Use words and associations that mean something to you so they will jog your memory at a later date. When you practice the story in your mind, emphasize the key words strongly so that, when it comes time to recall the information, you’ll naturally say the sentence and emphasize the important words that you want to recall. Try also to make the filler words as small and as insignificant to the 'story' as you can. In this case the filler words are words like 'on', 'to', 'with', 'took' etc. By using basic joining words like that it's easy to strip them out later and identify the important words that are left.
This is a technique that many of us have learned when we were children in order to memorise things like the planets of the Solar System and so on (Pluto Never Eats Meat, Just Makes Everybody Very Mad), but it's a memory technique that very few people develop once out of childhood.
Those are just two methods that you can try to adopt (if you weren't doing so already) in order to squeeze a bit extra out of your study routine. There are many, many other methods devised to help train your memory to recall information at will, but as with most things in life, they take practice and dedication to master. If you're interested in learning more about memory improvement there are many books and other materials on the market by experts in the field - have a look around Amazon, or somewhere similar, to get a feel of what's on offer in the field of memory improvement.
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