PSYCH207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Noun, Mental Rotation, Image Scanner
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Mnemonics: memory techniques: method of loci: for this method to be successful, one needs to use a series of well- images of geographical locations. Cue your memory by taking a mental walk through your list of locations journey; recall the list by re-tracing your steps, exactly as they were first. Example: dentist appointment one-bun (imagine that you are biting into a bun and your teeth hurt, reminding you to go to the dentist) Hypothesized that visual images are beneficial to memory because they allow information to be stored, or coded, into memory in two distinct ways. Not all theorists agree with pavio second list using both verbal codes and also image based codes: some argues that memory for concrete items is superior to that for abstract items. Imagine you are presented with two complex shapes that are not aligned if you had the shapes with you, you might rotate the shape until the shapes are matched.
