Memorise 15x More - Modified Memory Palace/Method of Loci | STUDY CLINIC
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Here's a demonstration of the memory palace technique applied with some modifications to make it more suitable for extended learning for academic subjects across many years.
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There’s a memory champion who wrote a book that covers this topic. According to her own summary of her dissertation, this method has actually had been in use in many tribal cultures for hundreds of years (her argument was that these tribes have been using them longer than the Greeks/Roman who are usually credited with it which is interesting but not the point). Different tribes all over the world that have never met have been using a story based memory palace to pass down generations of survival and cultural information. The book is called Memory Craft
That book is from Lynne Kelly, but she's not a memory champion. The memory champion you talking about is Dominic O. Brien, who also wrote books on memory palace :)
Why will I need to read it if you've just summarised it for me? I'll take your word as bond, kid.
Correction* She is the senior champion. My bad Kelly, love you!
I am going to make a lukasa memory board per memory craft
Also the book by Dominic O'Brian "HOW TO DEVELOP A PERFECT MEMORY" who is a memory champion for memorising decks of cards is fantastic and very practical. How to memorize names, lists, decks, calendars, numbers (phone numbers), etc. I read it 6 years ago and still use the list and phone number memorisation regularly.
It is very concise and explains each technique and encourages you to practice each one.
Video starts at: 9:00 🙂
Thank you so much
@@ninjatall15 You'r welcome, some time trimming there.
Thank you
Not all heroes wear capes
thank you
Holy moly. I just used it this morning to learn off an essay for an exam that I didn't study for at all (which i don't recommend doing)
It's actually incredible. I learned over 400 words in another language (like advanced phrases) in under two hours and spit it out in an exam.
Without sounding to wishy-washy, thank you so much Justin. You literally saved me.
How does the modified method work exactly? Do you come up with a mind palace depending on the images associated with the information ?
@@deadshot6554 From what I understand, and what I did, is to create a story. Create an outlandish tale that only makes sense when you associate it with what you want to learn. From the video i believe the example was, why stabbed in the liver? - searing pain in liver from some relevant disease.
Just basically create a super long, unforgettable story.
I did the same thing once with a public speaking script instead. It works marvelously.
@@jb_labs Did you draw your story on paper as well? or just imagined it? and isn't longer stories harder to memorize?
@@bzmind_ no i just imagined it. Perhaps drawing it out might help but I didn't fine it necessary.
If you connect the story well enough, you should still be able to remember it. Weak links in the story will cause problems. On top of that, time spent on crafting a better and more coherent story will help to absorb the information even better since ur brain is working harder.
I will point out that I was able to read the essay I had pre-written and understand it. But recognition is not learning and I just used this technique to help remember it and spit it out quickly in an exam its time constraint.
What I'm basically saying is you need to understand your topic first no matter what technique you use. Then try this. If you do it properly it does wonders.
Thanks for the great example! I like the idea of "building the palaces as part of the absurd event". I haven't run out of real palaces yet but I do find it a drag to use them sometimes. I like the spontaneity of molding it to the story. Wonderful video!
I'm very glad to find someone on UA-cam who is actually helpful. Go go Justin 👋👋👋
Love this page! I am now practicing metacognition routinely and actively thinking about how I can digest material in the most efficient manner. Saving me tons of time! Thank you Justin Sung!
could you please explain me i didnt get his thoughts about the encoding , active recall strategy . eloborate with example
thanks in advance
Wow ..what a great channel man..
U deserve at least 1+ million subscribers 😍❤
Your videos are so underrated.... You deserve more!!!!!🔥
You know what blows my mind? How awesome his story considering he just made it up in 2mins; and he doesn’t even realise because it was too easy for him!!! 🤯
And his last line is like a double tap to the head:
“I can never use this room again!!”
I’m coming at this from a creative angle.
yah! very interesting because i have been doing this but in a micro level, like for every topic only, not the entire lesson. i usually make a funny story and use funny words in the story to make it more interesting especially on words that are not familiar to me (example: names of architectural buildings, places, people from Asian countries that are extremely hard to memorize or even pronounce). it is the only technique that works for me. our teacher in highschool demostrated almost the same thing by making a story out of all the words we were asked to put on the chalk board. so, i think ill continue doing this but gradually try it in a larger scale. THANKS, Justin! this gives me more confidence. :)
Thanks for the fun and informative video about memory palaces. I have hundreds that I use for different purposes. I've used houses, apartments, and dorms I've lived in, schools, parks, neighborhoods, workplaces, and even movies and TV episodes as memory palaces. I used them to memorize Pi to about 5,600 places, and have used them in the Long-Term Memory events of the USA Memory Championship, which I've competed in 4 times, finishing as high as 3rd place in this year's competition.
Could you elaborate about it please
@@memekun1040 I have a 3-digit system that assigns an image to every 3-digit combination. For example, for memorizing 141 (the first three digits of Pi), my image is a turtle. For the next 3 digits, 592, my image is Professor Lupin from the Harry Potter movies. So on my first location, I visualize a turtle crawling on the ground, and next to him Prof. Lupin is casting a spell on it to make it a giant turtle. Those kind of silly images make it easier to memorize. Then I just continue this process, putting two images (6 digits of Pi) on each location. Then doing a LOT of review.
5600 is wildddd though, I know only 100 :( . How do you even remember 1800 or so images (3 - digit system). That itself is insaneee. Cudos to you
@@tracymiller1149 Professor Lupin was actually ver insightful in some way how i could creat such system myself - so i could pick 100 shows with 10 characters each, and maybe make the main character the 1, and then order the other numbers by importance, or age or height so maybe 1,2,3,4 could be Seinfeld, Costanzo, Elaine, Kramer if i go with main as 1 and the rest by size
@@pedroewert143 Yes, that's a good way to create a 3-digit system. TV and movie and book characters. I think Nelson Dellis made his system like this.
This is amazing. I have known about the memory palace for some time and thought ist pretty useless for university. It makes so much sense now. Your creativity is on the advanced level as well!
Hi my english is not good. What is the modification he uses in the video. I dont understand.
@@miguelaprendizaje.2918 i think bizarre figures or concepts
I love the idea behind this technique....i have major exams approximately 2 months and 6 days and would definitely try this! So happy i found your channel tonight too. God bless
mind palace is not work effectively for learning , its takes so much time to buit , confudion between palaces and items
I am so glad to hear that you take time to draw it out.
It seems like create bizarre story of items in a palace, making sure that each item interact with the next item. Loci + weird story = memories which needs less repetition for long term
The point at the end: "I can not use the office again, ever."
That resonates well with me. I can only remember one sequence at a time because I use the same castle again and again. A new sequence basically overwrites the last one. And to be honest, that is not ideal. I'm unable to hold any sequence to come back to.
Thanks for the tip, I'll try the modified tech.
Idea proposition to solve running out of places: use songs that contain strong imagery and have familiarity with regarding lyrics and sounds. Obviously the level of creativity used for this is only limited to ones imagination, but it seems like the idea of the palace is to create something new and odd and attach it to a familiar base (ex. his workplace). Maybe with a song you can use audio cues in there too, but it has a very straightforward progression similar to a walk, and you can tag things to the words, also you're able to play it for recall and yet still draw it out alongside the lyrics. Just an idea.
very interesting idea. thank you.
Bro your palace is wildin 👀🤣 mad technique sir
Great video
I personally would not use the method of loci to learn specic information. But I would use it to learn generell frameworks that can be used while approaching a task.Another thing I am very interested in but do not have the time to learn would be ars combinitoria by Ramon lull. It would be something like a high order thinking algebra. But I don't have the time to translate the concept to the modern time.
The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas describes among other things a technique for remembering lists, which is to pair the first item with the second in some kind of visual picture, then the second with the third, the third with the fourth, etc. The more ridiculous the picture the better you memorize. Don't be afraid to make it dirty either. For example these 10 items: airplane, tree,, envelope, earring, bucket, sing, basket ball, salami, star, nose. Here is one possible scenario. You hear an AIRPLANE coming but it turns out to be a flying TREE. It lands upright and you notice it has an opening at the base. You look inside and find a giant ENVELOPE, which you open up to find an EARRING. Next you see Julie Andrews walking in a mountain meadow wearing two gigantic earrings and carrying a large BUCKET. She begins to SING. When she opens her mouth a BASKETBALL shoots out. As the basketball goes through the hoop it squeezes into a SALAMI. When the salami hits the ground it bursts open and STARS burst out. The stars are inhaled by a giant NOSE, which sneezes.
This kind of technique is very useful for a list of items that don't have a logical connect. However, the list given here does have logical connections. Abdominal pain can be acute, chronic, or progressive. All we need to do is take a look at a girl with a cute abdomen and work our way in. She is pregnant. She has an hernia. She's pulled a muscle in her abdominal wall. Let's look inside and do a tour of the organs. The liver could have problems. The gall bladder may have biliary cholic or cholecystitis. The spleen may be infected or damaged by trauma - an example of external origin. Pancreatitis, Kidney problems, Urinary tract or bladder infection, ovarian cysts, pregnancy pain or other womb problems. Okay, then move onto the elephant in the room - the gastrointestinal tract. Stomach ulcer, appendicitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, obstruction, and non-specific pain. And then there's the big C, which could be anywhere in there. So, you go to see the doctor (iatros in Greek, hence iatrogenic) and he messes up and causes you pain.
This structured approach is much better in this case where you already know the internal anatomy. It is better to organize a list first in a way that makes more sense, as alphabetically almost never does even though knowing the alphabet may provide a prompt for the first letter.
How would you memorize numbers??
Now that battlefield part is awsome 😂 , i like that solo leveling army just by painting
Good video, Good voice projection!!! Keep up the good work.
Amazing. Is there a guide to learn this skill step by step?
My efficiency has increased by almost a 100% after apply your tips... I can retain almost 90% of what I read for a week or two....
Thank you so much Justin ❤
I was already in the top 0.5%... but things got harder since I joined medical college... But your tips help me to save so much time...
It took me approximately 2 hrs to do a chapter previously... and retain like 50% of the important stuff....
But now I can do it within an hour... with almost all important stuff retained
quick question, Is this done in sequential order, or is it good for you to randomize on each retelling?
Holy shit I just memorised everything ever.
Thanks a million for your creativity. However, the modified method of loci with absurd events in suitable environment you mentioned sounds more to me like the chain Link method, not modified memory palace. Please let me know your thoughts.
Yes it does have a lot of similarities but the chain link method is linearly chained. This is omnidirectional and can be expressed in a single image and visualised like how you would imagine a painting. It sits maybe between memory palace and chain link method.
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This is sooo cool
Think is great video
15:33. Real video starts.
9:35 the demonstration of example where Dr.Justin Sung is trying to remember all causes of abdominal pain
In real time!
Sounds like dream interpretation
So basically, a fever dream
MindPalace = StoryTelling + Any place you know + word decode skill + Imagination + words look familiar to other words.
Show mind palace like this and brain will figures it out faster.
If I'm wrong about the formula please fix it!!!🧐🧐🧐
Mnemonics.
Basically yeah, I would suggest becoming familiar with your Memory Palace first, know the correct spacing and details, it may hurt your brain if you just began visualizing or using your imagination in such a way, but that's good because your mental imagery will improve over time with proper rest and training.
Memory Palaces can just be viewed as a space in your mind for other mnemonics. Just divide your Memory Place or whatever you call it into Macro-Stations(Rooms or other Specific Large Areas) and Micro-Stations(Any Object, Item, or thing inside of a Macro-Station like a couch, floor, wall, or ceiling; a place you wish to place your information on).
Once you divided your Memory Palace into organized sections, create a linear journey you wish to follow, a journey that will take you through all the stations you've created, you choose the start, the path, and the end. A smooth linear journey will help your brain decode the information faster, similar to how your brain can remember an entire song by linearly decoding a song from a certain beat, lyric, rhythm. In the video he used a story as a linear journey(This event leads to this, that event leads to that).
Make images or some sort of trigger in the spots of your micro station. The images can be anything, a mnemonic image, an association with the information you're trying to remember, or simply the information visualized into an image and placed in a spot.
When it comes to making memorable images, you would have to find your own way of making it interesting because everyone has different views. I would suggest making it logical; having context, or emotional and bizarre, Ex: A 10,000 Pound German Shepard or a flaming Helicopter parked upside down on the ceiling. A thing I do to make it more memorable is repeat to myself how weird it is, I'll be like "That dog is way too fat" and idk I think it tricks your emotions into making it feel like a bigger deal than it is. All preference, you don't have to make it too bizarre or crazy, the purpose is just making it memorable and related to information you're trying to remember.
Now, you simply have to rehearse your Memory Palace a few times to get it placed into Long Term Memory, Rehearse it a few times after you created it, during the day, before you go sleep, and when you wake up, or just on occasion for an entire week. You can edit your Memory Palace if your images or stations have errors. Also remember to relax and focus, it helps thinking and memorization.
Recently Justin says he doesnt do this anymore. He was trying to min/max his study apps early on.
Is there a need to then use spaced repetition in order to keep these things in my head ?
i would assume so
Well, if you don't revisit your palace everyday, the information you've stored in there will start to deteriorate.
@@raiyankabir7648 that's true , i visit my palace to times a day and when I wake up
@@Gustavo-wr8xq hey, I just wanted to know if I can memorize more than just lists and phone numbers... Like, can I memorize paragraphs or things like that, basically just student stuffs?
@@raiyankabir7648 yes you can , i learn to do that , after see a video from Anthony Metvier he explains h to memorize abstract concepts , paragraphs etc..., You should try
Sounded like a medical nightmare
Lmao
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I make this stories but forget the story itself. Any suggestions on this problem
That memory space sounds like a Rick and Morty episode
can you add a link to a picture of one of your memory palace pictures?
So we absolutely shouldn't use the same place for different lists ?
Yes
@@haris0456 ok thx
250 items in 2.5hours how? So when I have eg. Poem and I can make items about concept in book and start like puting things in my mind like a way?
Thanks for the great content🙏
I have a few questions..
How do you go through the process of creating those images? Is there a certain formula or strategy you use?
How can I use this method to effectively memorise abstract biology concepts?
Do you write those stories down after you memorise the content?
Thanks in advance ☺️
There is no formula It's Just Imagination
Just Make your Abstract biology In Points and Pick Imp words from those points and Memorize it
Okay here is an example, how can I memorise words like pepetidoglycan, artery, blood.. Please help jst an example will do
@@beautifulbrownlulu6049 I'd take the words and try to make a sarcastic joke or something like that. Example "so a paper can flying
@@beautifulbrownlulu6049 artery: picture an artist painting something (maybe heart and being annoyed), blood: a swimming pool being filled with blood. So I didn't put these in a palace but right now I am thinking of having the artist painting next to the pool. And the paper can that flies miss his head and fall in the pool of blood.
My own tips. Keep it simple. Add actions, add emotions.
Sometimes I create two imaginary items for one thing am trying to remember. Sometimes I review what I've created to make sure it has enough detail to help me remember. If it does not then I just try adding something more to the imagery to make it better
bro went through a whole action movie 🎥🍿 💀
TAKEWAWAYS
- STORY based memorisation: contextualizing learning, creating an immersive enviroment
- Do drawing with it and put it in your mindmaps, for example.
- Memorisation is the last resource. Try to make sense of it first.
That’s not a memory palace- that’s a memory hellscape..!!!
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Rips out his appendix 😳😂😂😂😂
How do I practice this? I'm pretty uncreative with creating conceptual scenarios. Bad storyteller.
the more bizzare the pictures in your head, the more it's eassier to memorize
Relate it to the absurd show you have watched, which you remember. I tend to use anime, since AOT have some intresting world building.
This memory technique sounds like PTSD
It seems harder to remember your flow of thought/ story than it is to remember the data portrayed. Maybe I am missing the purpose.
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How do you memorize lab values and list of numbers ?
I suggest 2 methods. You can choose which one you want: Major Method, visualisation. The former, is associating every number with a specific sound, and you piece them together. The latter, you turn each number into a familiar image (eg. 8, I think of a snowman), and you use entwine them using visualisation (eg. 8195 = a snowman (8) smoking a cigarette (1), and a kid throws giant hook (9) to it, breaking it's head. The kid escapes using his scooter (5).)
One does not simply memorize numbers.
@@patrciaclemons8183 when ur in health care yes..
@@jasonso7958 thanks so much that helps!! I’m going to try that
@@patrciaclemons8183 It can become simple once you have a solid system and have become fluent in them. I memorized over 5,600 digits of Pi using such a system. I can memorize well over 100 random digits in 5 minutes.
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So basically a mneumonic lol
Gross
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