How To Use The Major System & Method of Loci To Memorize Numbers and Lists | Wondrium

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By focusing on a simple trick for memorizing numbers Dr. Peter M. Vishton helps you learn and understand the Major System.

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Focus on One of the simplest tricks for memorizing information: the Method of Loci. Like the Major System , this strategy encodes information into a format your brain is especially good at using: in this case, it ties information to a physical location. Gain familiarity with this method through several engaging exercises. Also, peek inside the mind of mental athletes to see how their seemingly superhuman feats of memory are rooted in nothing more than innate brain power we all have.

00:00 How to Use the Major System for Long Numbers
06:02 Practicing the Major System on Everyday Objects
09:13 Greek Poet Simonides Invents the Method of Loci
11:46 Using the Method of Loci to Create a Memory Palace
13:04 How to Encode a Shopping List in a Memory Palace
19:07 Why the Method of Loci Works So Well
21:33 How to Use the Method of Loci With the Major System
23:52 Claims of Photographic Memory May Not Be Real
26:07 Memory Experts Make Massive Effort To Be Champions
29:10 Better Memory Can Be Learned at a World Class Level

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