The first was done on 17 memory athletes and 16 controls who didn’t use the loci technique but also had strong memory skills, which were gauged according to IQ scores. The second was based on ...

Find seven effective Japanese memory methods that combine traditional insight with modern research. These methods, from ...

The method of loci, also called the journey method, memory palace, or "mind palace" (as popularised by Sherlock Holmes), ...

Chief among them, Big Think’s Stephen Johnson explains, is the loci method. This method, also known as the memory palace method, relies on the fact that humans are wired to remember images a lot ...

The researchers then divided the non–memory athletes into three groups, assigning them to receive either six weeks of online training in the method of loci; six weeks of training to improve a ...

But unlike magicians, these memory athletes are open about the secrets of their trade. They use something called the method of loci, and a new study shows that ordinary people can learn these ...

Using a mnemonic strategy now known as “method of loci,” ancient memorizers conjured in their minds a “memory palace” — a well-known or much-loved place. To remember long lists ...

The combination of prior knowledge — the familiar route — and the novel information "is very powerful to boost memory," she added. To evaluate the method of loci, Wagner and her team enrolled ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A “memory palace” sounds as enticing as it does intimidating ...

To perform such cognitive feats, memory athletes rely on an ancient mnemonic strategy called method of loci (Latin for places) or memory palace, the term Joshua Foer used in his popular book on ...