The method of loci, or memory palace technique, is a memorization strategy that associates data with a familiar physical journey to enhance recall. It involves steps such as mentally rehearsing the journey and placing data in specific locations, which helps cement memories by activating brain regions related to spatial awareness. This technique has proven effective for rapid learning, as evidenced by its use among top memorizers and brain scans linking memory retention to real-life experiences.

1. THE METHOD OF LOCI
Memorize like the pros
(and the ancient Greeks)

2. The Method of Loci (also known as the
memory palace technique) links a list of
data with a physical journey to instil it in
your brain.
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3. This is what the 8 time World
Memory Champion Dominic
O’Brien uses to win year after year.
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4. Step 1 – Have a physical journey
that you know well (I use a trip
around my parents house, stepping
into each room in turn).
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5. Step 2 – Rehearse this journey in
your mind a number of times. Try
and think of what emotions crop up
in each location.
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6. Step 3 – Now place a piece of data in
each of those rooms (I like to
physically place it on the sofa for
example in my parents living room).
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7. Step 4 – Start at the beginning of your
journey in your mind, follow its path, recall
the emotions and then look for the data in
the room.
It should visually pop straight into your
head.
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8. Brain scans of "superior memorizers", (90%
of whom use The Method of Loci), have
shown that it involves activation of regions
of the brain involved in spatial awareness,
such as the medial parietal cortex,
retrosplenial cortex, and the right posterior
hippocampus (1)(2).
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9. Basically -
THE MORE REAL THE
MEMORY =
THE MORE IT’S CEMENTED IN
YOUR BRAIN
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10. You can use multiple journeys or have one
long journey that you can use over and over.
I’ve used a journey around my parents house
to memorize the 52 cards in a deck, half
drunk. It really works!
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11. No, my parents do not live in a mansion. You can
increase the length of your journey by making
each room a mini journey –
Walk in the door, data on the fireplace, data in
the picture frame to the right, data sat in
armchair, data on the TV etc.
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12. No, my parents do not live in a mansion. You can
increase the length of your journey by making
each room a mini journey –
Walk in the door, data on the fireplace, data in
the picture frame to the right, data sat in
armchair, data on the TV etc.
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