Willy Wood is a writer and editor at Open Mind Technologies, Inc., known for his e-newsletter, Neuro News, which focuses on learning techniques for teachers, specifically mnemonic devices. Mnemonic devices, such as the method of loci, acronyms, and rhymes, are strategies that assist in memory retention by associating information with images, sentences, or locations. The method of loci involves visualizing a familiar space and linking specific pieces of information to different areas within that space to aid memorization.

1. Willy Wood

2.  Willy Wood is a writer and editor at Open Mind
Technologies, Inc. Willy Wood’s weekly e-newsletter,
Neuro News, covers topics about learning that may be
beneficial to teachers, including the use of mnemonic
devices.
Mnemonic devices are a memory technique that helps
people associate information with a certain image,
sentence, or word. Some examples of mnemonic
devices are the method of Loci, acronyms, acrostic
sentences, rhymes, embedding information in a story
structure, and keywords. The method of Loci is one of
the earliest used mnemonic devices, dating back to the
ancient Greeks.

3.  The method of loci is a very simple mnemonic
device. It is done by imagining a familiar place
and using this location to remember
information. One may use their house as the
place, and associate each room in the house
with a different piece of information to be
memorized. To use the method of Loci, one
must first make a list of words or concepts that
need memorization and then associate each
word or concept with one location, going in the
same order each time.