Mnemonics

Techniques that can help us remember more and more informations and make it easier.
As there are many techniques already known, many people know what they can do to memorize better. Anyway, I found out that a word "mnemonics" is derived from the name of the greek goddess of memory - Mnemosyne. 

I would like to share with you some techniques when we are focused on using our imagination and associations:

• mind mapping

Probably, now it's not so surprising. Making colour schemes in a personal way that helps us to think more independently, that's a interesting way to remember something better without simply repeating some informations.

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• creating a story or an image

Something that can help us too, especially when we are supposed to remember many informations and it's not very creative. Long, long, very long... and to be honest, boring things that we should memorize can make more sense when our learning process is more multidimensional and multisensorial.



But there are also other techniques. We should not forget about preparing our environment and ourselves too. Much appreciated a "brain gym" that leads to a so-called optimal learning. These are special physical movements that helps us coordinate better our learning process and do it in a more natural way. Then, we have also a "relaxed concentration" linked with the alpha state when we are enough relaxed to activate our memory. Besides, we can engage our feelings. As we are not only thinkers but also we have feelings and even so called higher feelings, why not to use them?  

There is also something that we should remember too: it's much more difficult to memorize anything when someone is agitated and thus, they lose their balance. And in this case, I think, our Greek ancestors' wisdom can be helpful because they paid attention to everything that was geometrically harmonious. A discordant, noisy music as well as a messy environment can make our learning process even more difficult. More harmony within and without, that's a good way to try to remember as much as we can and in a more pleasant way.