"Memory Palace" is true or false
Read the BBC version of "Sherlock," the reader must remember the following episode:
Magnuson (Magnussen) is a very smart villain.
He looked Holmes, Sherlock Holmes emerged out of gold glasses from small to large, including a child and sent a twitter with a pencil.
Holmes was dead as his eyes see a little nervous, asked: "? You see what"
Magnuson pursed his lips, not a word.
Holmes not to say, started off Magnuson glasses: no Google accessories, nor virtual projection.
Holmes understand. Magnuson students did not plug technology, nor his underground mansion Snowden-level database. But his brain has "memory palace" (memory palace), he put vast amounts of information on the "palace" in the. Would like to recall, it is a quiet person, into the "palace", find the "folder" button.
Holmes has said he has "memory palace."
In reality, "the strongest brain" Wang Feng in the recent hot. He never forgets, glided again within 20 seconds of playing cards, can remember the order of 52 cards, broken by the German Simon's world record.
In the "strongest brain" of the war in German, after Wang Feng and Simon duel, Simon said, he lost in his "memory palace" inside. His palace, there is a room with a beautiful woman, and there is another beautiful room mix up. Wang Feng said that his palace is no beauty. German lost in the palace pure enough.
So, do not "memory palace" Is it true? If that is true, Wang Feng is the only part of such a talented stunt, or you can have my mortal technology?
Here you unlock secrets.
The principle of "memory palace" behind
"Memory palace" is true.
This is an ancient memory technique, invented by the ancient Greeks. He mentioned in many ancient Greek Roman books, called English method of loci.
It is also a reliable technology. Simply put, the rationale behind the use of neuroscience have two.
First, the human memory (spatial memory) space is much stronger than the abstract rote memory (semantic memory).
After all, hundreds of millions of years of evolution baptism gives (and other animals) keen spatial skills. Out of food to give back the out courtship, the girl was home to live. Luchi extreme animals dead in the long evolution in the way home, lived today. On the contrary, it is only human rote exercise in the past few thousands of years, but on this mode of wives is not dominant, so people have not evolved super rote skills.
Second, the memories and thinking, Lenovo jumps (associative) than direct Thinking out of thin air, more to force the recall.
Millions of years of evolution have animal learning and memory, the basic model is associative (associative learning / recall). Lenovo in another space, objects, images and lives, something memorable, the most difficult information associated with rote.
This is very straightforward: once bitten, twice shy will. But few people once back "the significance of Three Represents", after which the Decade can think of a few specific meaning and memorized.
So, I want to remember "B6", the best way is to use biological instinct, think of a big chest, six pack abs beauty (or have abdominal pectoralis major and six young men), rather than directly back "B6".
"Memory Palace" is the use of these two features, subtle weaknesses, the mind, "the order of cards" that allow the brain to tears things transformed into something like "go out foraging, see club, there must be a lot of beauty "of this brain tempered, Shoudaoqinlai task.
How have your own "memory palace"
Compared to land within the Third Ring Road Beijing male female silent tears, magical "memory palace" without loans. You can now build your own palace in the brain. Here a step by step teach you.
First, you think of a familiar place, what place will do. Big city, small kitchen. The place to look bigger, of course, the more information can be stored. The easiest choice for beginners is their home.
Second, to a path, such as from bed to bed underneath, to the desk, the stove, to the toilet, and keep in mind. This is an important step in the use of our powerful hippocampus responsible for space operations, is critical.
Third, the "road" to single out a number of specific items, as a storage information "Folders", such as the bed, the floor under the bed, toilet and so on. This step is listening to the special god, how information is stored immediately announced. Beginners do not greedy, carefully selected materials to 10-15.
What kind of things can do? What kind of things can improvise. To a large building, a small pillow, as long as you can clear impression.
Second and third step is very important. Memory Palace magic to become, we must be able to stuff the road and the road to keep in mind, close your eyes more than a few times. I am not troubled when you try, but heard Luchi (at home can also be lost) or "anti-visual kei" (a child does not read comics) students practice this is difficult. The right approach, not a clean cut from injury, but labor Yuzu, personally walked this road a few times, loud meditation, in short, to turn a blind eye to go again in their own mind, "see" see everything, before the next step of training .
Fourth, the association. Exciting step came. Whether you want to remember a telephone number, the order of playing cards, or do not fly the original materials on the Western word, every thing in order to "put" you choose items "folder" inside. The purpose of this step is to establish the association, so that every time I think you choose the items (such as sofas), you can think of that thing.
Here's a trick: the more visual kei, exaggeration, violence and pornography association, the more profound impression (our brains taste a shame). Case also to B6. I tried to think, "pick up the B6 carved into the sofa", of course, can remember. If you can imagine a big chest, barely able to see six abs beauty gracefully sitting on the couch, that way, there are a few men can forget B6?
This step is the most difficult of the whole process a part of, I guess, this is the world champion Wang Feng and so each step does not pass the secret. For example, note cards, one way might be to imagine each suit as an object, then each number corresponds to a different object, keep this in practice in each place in the palace keep these two things.
Fifth, the recovery disk. Meditation finishing back again in the brain go over this road, remember everything and abstract objects associated with them.
So far, the magic was completed.
Of course, this is the entry version, the basic package will be 15 minutes. To the "strongest brain", to talent, but also we need to practice hard.
"Memory Palace" how serious
"Memory palace" can be said that the memory of the "Jiuyangzhenjing." Scientific experiments show that the vast majority come out to mix the "memory of the man of God," who is not superior intelligence or bizarre brain structures, and the use of all the space and memory hippocampus [1]. In other words, they used a "memory palace" method or its variants.
So "the strongest brain" Immortality who is not with "memory palace" law?
Foregoing, Wang Feng, Simon has admitted in the program. England wack Ben Pridmore who do? He revealed in an interview that his "memory palace" is his high school [2].
Can speak more than 20 languages U.S. linguistic genius Tim Doner in TED program has revealed that he use the "Memory Palace" to back the word [3].
Can enter the "strongest brain" of the national team players must have both ingredients of genius, but also hard work and practice of the people. "Memory Palace" allows you to learn to run away from, but still not easy to run into the world top ten. However, the average person can run!
I try to imitate "the strongest brain" against the German mind dice, no training, the first 4-5 minutes can easily remember the 15-20 group (n = 4 dice, a total of 60-80 digits).
In contrast, the technique is not used, the normal short-term memory can only remember 6-9 digits (Chinese syllables short, the Chinese people should be able to remember more, but I did not find the relevant statistical data.) To be sure, three minutes repeatedly review without any association, tricks, I absolutely can not remember the number 60.
Thus, the memory of the law where the strong answer, it should be very clear, interested readers may wish to close your eyes and start building your own "memory palace" it.
[References]
[1] Nature Neuroscience, 2002, (6) 90-95
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7964200.stm
[3] http://tedxteen.com/talks/tedxteen-2014/209-tim-doner-breaking-the-language-barrier
(Author: V Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Neuroscience PhD)
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