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The link system
- The link system for memory is given its name because it requires you to link one item to another, creating links in a memory chain. Each item should link you to the next if you're associating it properly. The link system is most useful for remembering things in a sequence. There are many things that need to be remembered in sequence. A speech, for example, or maybe an eight step process you need to remember for a test, or maybe nine things you need to do in a specific order. Let's try out an example. Here's a list of items we're going to memorize using the link system. We start by creating our first link. As you can see the first two words on our list are pen and shoe. We have to link pen and shoe together in a visual manner. Most importantly, the image we create in our mind must be exaggerated. We already discussed why exaggeration is important in earlier lessons, so we need to make sure we implement it here. For the purpose of this exercise imagine that you're wearing gigantic…
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Understanding how your memory works1m 33s
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Remembering better using the multiple reading process1m 57s
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Memorizing new vocabulary using the similar sound technique4m 23s
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Using mnemonic devices3m 24s
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Using songs, rhymes, and alliteration3m 7s
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Using pictures to improve your memory3m 40s
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The link system3m 58s
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Memory palaces and the method of loci4m 6s
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Numeric peg system: Linking numbers to pictures3m 22s
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Numeric peg system: Memorizing a 10-item list9m 33s
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Numeric peg system: Memorizing more than 10 items2m 45s
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Remembering important dates4m 37s
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Memorizing formulas and equations5m 8s
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Challenge 1: Use the similar sound technique with foreign vocabulary53s
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Solution 1: Use the similar sound technique with foreign vocabulary2m 30s
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Challenge 2: Create a memory palace48s
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Solution 2: Create a memory palace1m 20s
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