In modern life, most of us have to memorize a large amount of information, especially for students and students. Many people have to use notebooks, diaries or use electronic devices with a reminder function in order to do everything they need to remember important things and details. But there are people who have a phenomenal memory , they do not have to cram the boring materials, they easily remember any data and do not forget them almost never.
The development of phenomenal memory
In psychology, the concept of phenomenal memory is defined as a person's ability to remember extremely quickly and accurately reproduce large volumes of very different information. Such qualities can be innate, like one of the unique abilities of the brain , or maybe acquired with the help of special training.
Researches of scientists and historical facts show that people of certain professions, whose work is associated with the constant receipt and processing of information, most often have a unique memory. For example, musicians, writers, philosophers and artists. Answering the question of how to make memory phenomenal, it is important to note the fact that factors such as associations, bright images, logical chains and coding methods are important for remembering.
It is these techniques used in various methods of mnemonics. Studying the experience of people who never forgot anything, scientists came to the conclusion that the information that has emotional and associative coloring is best perceived and remembered. So Theodore Roosevelt, who possessed a phenomenal memory, attached any event or fact to a certain association. Simply put, each object, event, task and even numbers are represented in the form of a certain bright, voluminous, emotionally colored image.
In the search for methods, how to develop a phenomenal memory, in addition to the associative way, it is worthwhile to turn to such techniques:
- The Cicero method, which helps to memorize chains of words, numbers or text;
- method of compilation of digital and numerical lists;
- the "Big Bill" system;
- memorizing poems by heart by the technique of cut lines.
If this topic is of interest to you, and you want to study it in more detail, pay attention to the list of the best books on mnemonics:
- "Super Memory for All", authors E.E. Vasilyeva, V.Yu. Vasiliev.
- "The development of memory and ability to concentrate," author Harry Lorain.
- "Technique of training memory," the authors of OA. Andreev, L.N. Khromov.
- "A small book of great memory", author A.R. Luria.
- "The art of concentration: how to improve memory in 10 days," author Eberhard Hoyle.
- "Improve your memory," author Tony Buzan.