how to improve your memory: the memory palace system
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The Memory Palace System(aka The Loci or Journey System)
Presenter:Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Welcome to the Webinar!
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What is a Memory Palace?
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What is a Memory Palace?
Also known as...● The Method of Loci● The Journey Method
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What is a Memory Palace?
The oldest known memory strategy
Dates back to 500 B.C.
First record of this memory technique:In an ancient pamphlet: Rhetorica ad Herennium
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Spatial Memory and Your Brain
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What You will Need:
1. Familiar Place2.Vivid Imagination
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Pick Something you Know Well
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Like Your Own Home
Where To Start?
Walk Through Your Home
With a SPECIFIC Route
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Moving in Each Room
Create a system of moving in the same direction in Each Room
Ex.: From one side of the room to the other, or clockwise
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Notice Objects that you See Pick Certain Objects that you can easily Recall
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Core of your
Memory Palace
When You Want To Remember Information
Associate each piece of informationin the order it is to be remembered
within a location in the home.
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Example: Grocery List
Printer paperOnionsCarrots
HamburgerIce Cream
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Application of the Memory Palace
ListsSpeeches
Things To DoReading
You Can Have Many Memory Palaces
Parents' HouseFriend's Place
WorkplaceYour Commute
Let's Recap
What do you remember as you walked into your home?
Start at the front door...
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Grocery List
Printer paperOnionsCarrots
HamburgerIce Cream
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Expanding Your Memory Palace
Add other buildings
Use locations within locations(in the living room: couch, chair, fireplace, tv, etc)
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Summary
Practice!Try using the Memory Palace
System to Remember Information Once a Day for Two Weeks
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Thanks for Attending!
Contact Information:Paul Nowak
pnowak@irisreading.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnowakFacebook: facebook.com/nowak.paul
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