Mnemosyne was the Greek goddess of memory, Her namesake, mnemonics, simply means "memory aid". Cramming medical facts and remembering at least some of them forever is a challenging task for any mind.

There is nothing too smart or too stupid for a mnemonic. They can teach you features of specific neurological disorders, or they can teach you how to open a jar. Here are some of the cleverest memory ...

Science shows studying smarter beats studying harder in exam prep. Using memory techniques like spaced repetition and active ...

Few professions tax the memory more than financial advising. Advisors are required to memorize not just rules, rates and values but also intricate details where the order of events is as critical as ...

In prior lessons, we learned some of the key principles of memorization: Lesson 1: encoding, consolidation, retrieval, re-consolidation Lesson 2: getting motivated Lesson 3: paying attention Lesson 8: ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A friend wrote that she had a great way of remembering a complicated topic. “I created a pneumonic device,” she said. And an ...

New research has found that mnemonic images and explicit sound contrasting help Japanese children learn more effectively the sounds of the English alphabet. New research by Professor Emmanuel Manalo ...