PAO System: How to Memorize Complex Info

PAO System: How to Memorize Complex Info

What is a PAO system and how does it work? Can you use a PAO system to help you memorize things like numbers and cards? A PAO system is the person-action-object system and it can help you transform numbers into images so that you are better able to memorize them. Josh Foer found that the PAO system was popular amongst professional mnemonists. Read more about how PAO systems work, and why mnemonists use them.

Memorizing Cards: Best Tips and Techniques

Memorizing Cards: Best Tips and Techniques

What’s the best method for memorizing cards? Can memorizing cards help you improve your memory overall? Memorizing cards is one of the events at the US and World Memory Championships, and mnmonists have come up with several strategies to memorize decks of cards. Plus, memorizing cards can help you develop memory techniques you can use elsewhere, and may help strengthen your memory overall. Learn more about methods for memorizing cards, and how it can help you.

Internal and External Memory: How Your Brain Works

Internal and External Memory: How Your Brain Works

What are internal and external memory? How are they different, and how do they work together to help form your memories? Internal and external memory are two types memory that we use. Internal memories are your actual memories, while external memories are actually memory aids—things like notes, books, and photographs serve as external memories. Keep reading to find out more about how internal and external memory work.

The Science Of Forgetting: Why We Forget Things

The Science Of Forgetting: Why We Forget Things

Is there a reason that we forget some things, and not others? Is there a way to be less forgetful? What’s the science of forgetting? The science of forgetting is not an area with unanimous agreement among scientists. However, we do know that memories fade, some faster than others, and it’s impossible to remember everything we encounter. And by learning why we forget, it’s possible to learn how to have a better memory. Keep reading to find out how the science of forgetting works.

The Secrets of Ed Cooke, Memory Master

The Secrets of Ed Cooke, Memory Master

Who is Ed Cooke, memory coach? What did he do, and how did he know Joshua Foer, the author of Moonwalking with Einstein? Ed Cooke, memoy coach and grand master of memory, completed the tasks necessary to gain the grand master title. Ed Cooke also coached Joshua Foer and helped him become a US Memory Champion in 2006. Keep reading to find out more about Ed Cooke and how he helped Foer win the 2006 Memory Championships.