Remember More of What

You've Read With These

Proven Techniques
Presenter:
Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Welcome!
Short-Term Memory and
the Magic Number 7
1956: "The Magic Number 7, Plus or Minus Two"
George Miller's paper demonstrated the average
capacity of short-term memory is 7
The Magic Number 7
How many items does it take before
you make a grocery list?
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Try memorizing this 10-digit number:
3,129,823,812
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Now Try Memorizing This 10-digit Number:
312-982-3812
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Which is easier to memorize?
3,129,823,812
or
312-982-3812
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
312-982-3812
Congratulations!
You've boosted your short-term memory
capacity to 10 digits.
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Try to remember these 14 letters:
XIBMSATPHDMTVX
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Apply the Technique:
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Which is easier to remember?
XIBMSATPHDMTVX
or
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X
How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X
Congratulations!
You've boosted your short-term memory
capacity to 14 letters.
How To Use the "Chunking" Technique to
Remember What You Read
Create a Mind Map
How To Use the "Chunking" Technique to
Remember What You Read
Create a Mind Map
Taking notes will help you remember what you
read because it is a form of repetition.
And repetition helps you remember
Use Multiple Reading Process
Whenever You Read
1. Preview
a. Read the intro & conclusion
2. Overview
a. Read the headings & sub-headings
and/or the first sentence of every paragraph
3. Read
4. Final Review
5. Recite
Look at all that repetition.
Repetition Helps You Remember!
Practice the Following Exercise To
Improve Your Recall Abilities
The Read & Recall Exercise
Read a Paragrah
and then immediately write down
what you remember
Keep it brief:
write a keyword or 2-3 words max
Practice the Following Exercise To
Improve Your Recall Abilities
The Read & Recall Exercise
Let's try it right now as an example...
Using AccelaReader.com
&
George Orwell's Animal Farm
Practice the Following Exercise To
Improve Your Recall Abilities
The Read & Recall Exercise
Practice 10 minutes a day for 2 weeks
How To Remember Things Visually
Using the Peg System
One of the easiest memory systems to learn
Can be applied to remembering a list of anything
and can also be applied to reading
How To Deeply Encode a Memory
Using the Peg System
Assume We Need to Remember
a 10-item Grocery List
The Peg System to Remember
Groceries
1. Bread
2. Milk
3. Tomatoes
4. Soda
5. Turkey
6. Chips
7. Strawberries
8. Deodorant
9. Cucumbers
10. Cereal
1. Pencil
2. Swan
3. McDonalds
4. Chair
5. Hook
6. Cherry
7. Lightning
8. Race Track
9. Balloon
10. Plate w/ Silverware
Create the Visualizations
1. Bread
2. Milk
3. Tomatoes
4. Soda
5. Turkey
6. Chips
7. Strawberries
8. Deodorant
9. Cucumbers
10. Cereal
1. Pencil + Bread
2. Swan + Milk
3. McDonalds + Tomatoes
4. Chair + Soda
5. Hook + Turkey
6. Cherry + Chips
7. Lightning + Tomatoes
8. Race Track + Deodorant
9. Balloon + Cucumbers
10. Plate w/ Silverware + Cereal
Can you remember the list?
What's number 1?
Number 2?
Did you remember them all?
1. Bread
2. Milk
3. Tomatoes
4. Soda
5. Turkey
6. Chips
7. Strawberries
8. Deodorant
9. Cucumbers
10. Cereal
How To Remember More Items
11. Detergent
12. Toilet Paper
13. Yogurt
14. Flowers
15. Cheese
16. Coffee
17. Fish
18. Olives
19. Toothpaste
20. Ice Cream
Find a Theme for 11-20
Everything is drenched in black oil
How To Remember More Items
Picture these items drenched in black oil with the
other images (pencil, swan, etc.)
11. Detergent
12. Toilet Paper
13. Yogurt
14. Flowers
15. Cheese
16. Coffee
17. Fish
18. Olives
19. Toothpaste
20. Ice Cream
Applying the Peg System to Reading
Section 1 of the Chapter
Associate it to a pencil
Section 2 of the Chapter
Associate it to a swan
Etc, etc, etc...
Summary
Short-Term Memory & the Magic #7
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Mind Mapping
Multiple Reading Process
The Read & Recall Exercise (Practice 10-min/day)
The Peg System
Thanks for Attending!
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Paul Nowak
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