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T he word mnemonic (pronounced nem-on-ik) is derived from the Greek mnemon, meaning “mindful”, which also gives us the name of the Greek goddess of memory Mnemosyne. A mnemonic is simply a device that helps us to remember something. Although, strictly, the term applies to any memory technique, it is often used to denote specifically word-based techniques, especially acronyms or verses. However, word-based mnemonics do not meet with universal approval. Many academics dismiss them as exercises in idle wordplay, trivial ditties for parrots who want merely to echo a fact rather than to understand it. Some mnemonics are also rather slow to unravel. In my opinion, however, if a word- based mnemonic helps you to remember the right information at the right time, with a good chance of success, there is no harm in using it. An acronym is a word made up of the initial letters of the words that you want to recall. For example, the acronym HOMES can remind you of the names of the five Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. But if you wanted to remember the lakes in size order (beginning with the largest), you might use the extended acronym Sergeant Major Hates Eating Onions. How effective these techniques turn out to be depends, of course, on your natural ability to remember the acronyms or extended acronyms in the first place. However, if we take the trouble to make a few associations, these will help the brain to visualize in a creative form an otherwise bland list of data. So, perhaps the next time you need to recall the Great Lakes, you might expect that an image of, say, your house on the edge of a lake will spring to mind, reminding you of the acronym homes; or if you have to remember the lakes in order, you may be struck by the trigger-image of the Sergeant Major spitting out a cheese- and-onion sandwich, while out boating on a lake. Rhythm can serve as an effective way to imprint information on the memory. This is why so many word-based mnemonics take the form of verses. How do you remember the number of days in each month? Many people use the rhyme “Thirty days hath September,/April, June and November.” One of the “tidiest” rhymes (by pure coincidence) is that which helps us to remember the fate of each of King Henry VIII’s wives, in order: “Divorced, Beheaded, Died,/Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.” Download 0.7 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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