Are these incredible feats possible because of some rare brain difference in those that accomplish them? Nope, explains a fascinating recent Big Think article. Memory athletes aren’t genetically ...

The loci method involves visualising a very familiar place and linking things you wish to remember with areas within this space. (Unsplash pic) Imagine your house, your office, or a place you visit ...

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. The method of loci (or the ...

Although mnemonic devices far predate the written word, both Cicero and Quintilian name Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BCE) as the first teacher of an art of memory. Simonides is perhaps best known for ...

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The pre- and post-test results revealed significant improvements in memory and other cognitive functions, suggesting the effectiveness of the method. What goes around comes around. The loci method is ...

One kind of visualisation technique is also called the 'method of loci' or the 'Roman Room' method. It's a very good way of remembering a sequence of related information such as a list of names. Use a ...

The ancient Greeks knew that people could remember funny stories more easily than abstract information such as a series of numbers. The memory technique known as the loci method involves converting ...