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12 Tricks to Boost Your Memory

encarta.msn.com — Indisputably, we moderns can't match the memory feats of bygone times, those days when people could do things like memorize the "Iliad" in Greek without even knowing Greek. And maybe it's true, as some have speculated (me, for instance), that we've lost this capacity because we now tend to outsource our memory tasks to an exo-brain of technology.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 27, 2008

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  • i4ybrid, on 04/27/2008, -1/+20Dugg for not calling it hack your brain or hack your memory. Thank you.
  • orias6891, on 04/27/2008, -1/+9An other one of these hack your brain articles, I'm starting to think people are forgetting the previous ones they read.
  • jetboyterp, on 04/27/2008, -1/+7Argh...
    I forgot what I was going to say...
  • inactive, on 04/27/2008, -1/+5And here comes the flood of cheesy "I forgot" comments...
  • Barnolde, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3You could also quit smoking weed, but that's no fun, just buy Brain Age instead.
  • rxbudian, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3accidentally buried it, so I'm making comment to save it on my profile so I don't have to memorize the title to search for it...
  • jggube, on 04/27/2008, -1/+4Excellent tips! I do "Link learning to environment", which I learned from one of those cheesy, 12-casette tape self-learning products that you get late at night from an infomercial -- though it was cheesy, I still use a lot of the techiques discussed (and some are covered here on this story). It's easy and quick, if you need to remember something, imagine something really funny, creative, and unique and associate that with it. i.e. if you need to buy milk, imagine that you're swimming in a pool filled with milk. This is how I aced all my memory-based exams (history classes, biology/ecology classes, etc.)
  • eigenweasel, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Easiest way:
    Stalagmite contains 'G' for ground. Stalactite contains 'C' for ceiling.
  • inactive, on 04/27/2008, -1/+3Try actually reading the article.

    Or even the description.
  • anonymousleaf, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1MICROSOFT WELL THEN NOT READING THAT
  • Nephrastar, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1I think I tried most of these this school year and it helped immensely. This is really an awesome way to remember things. ='D
  • TheHeat, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Abbreviate EVERYTHING. 10 moves to know for stability ball training class. kneel, knee tuck, knee tuck with rotation, body roll, bridge to hamstring curl, shoulder roll, standing roll out, wall squat, one leg balance, leg lifts. It was all out of order, I turned it into an alphabetical pattern I could remember. KKK - BB - S - SWOL. Organize > maybe alphabetize > abbreviate.
  • JGib, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Dugg for thumbnail pic
  • deltron, on 04/27/2008, -0/+113. Stop drinking
  • mistergoomba, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1no way i'm remembering these
  • bhavinp, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1OGC
  • triskele, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1I'd actually be quite shocked if "Hack your ____" ever appeared as a title to an Encarta article.
  • karenprime, on 07/30/2009, -0/+0I've learned about all these things way back in elementary but it's good to be reminded about it again. Thanks for the post! I myself am collecting tips on how one can boost IQ. Every idea I get and experience I had about it, I am putting on my blog. Do visit it some time and let me know what you think. :-)

    http://more-iq.blogspot.com/
  • muaazab, on 05/07/2008, -0/+0Okay...not new points but people often forget them. Thanks for remembering me these good points.
  • freelancer0, on 12/11/2008, -0/+0or implant flash memory into your brain
    http://www.taskstore.com
  • Blandyman, on 04/27/2008, -2/+1Yeah. I learned it as "Stalagmites MIGHT touch the ceiling, and Stalactites hold TIGHT so dont fall to the floor"!
  • thesavagemonk, on 04/27/2008, -1/+0ddr3?
  • Angelle, on 04/27/2008, -1/+0Bookmarked the page , found it interesting, lets see if it works, on my next test,I will be making up rhymes and chants and hums like a damn fool for the sake of the experiment. Joy!
  • oblique63, on 04/27/2008, -2/+1Great! now I when I grow old, I can finally look forward to upgrading my brain to a 64-bit Operating System.
  • Ikulus, on 04/27/2008, -3/+2Buried for "The 'mites go up, the 'tites come down".
  • benthose, on 04/27/2008, -1/+0Could someone help me remember the 12 points??
  • Maver1c, on 04/27/2008, -3/+1This article would've been helpful if I could remember what it said.

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