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Memory
How to Improve your Memory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Finding information stored in memory and making it conscious so that it can be used. | Retrieval |
| To transfer material that you encounter into memory. | Rehearsal |
| "Tricks of the trade" that professional memory experts use to nail down the sort of information you will often need to recall for tests. | Mnemonics |
| Words or phrases formed by the first letters of a series of terms. | Acronym |
| A sentence in which the first letters of the words correspond to material that is to be remembered. | Acrostic |
| A memory technique by which the elements in a list are visualized as occupying the parts of a familiar place | Method of Loci |
| A memory technique by which a series of memorized words is linked by images to a list of items to be remembered | Peg Method |
| A memory technique by which images are formed to help recall material | Visualization |
| Studying and rehearsing material past the point of initial mastery to the point at which recall becomes automatic. | Overlearning |
| The process by which the physical links between brain cells that represent memory become fixed and stable over time. | Memory Consolidation |
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