Learning
Memory techniques, memory palaces and why the brain remembers images better than numbers.
Spørretimen Explained
How do some people memorise a whole deck of cards? A practical walk through memory technique: the memory palace, encoding things as images, and the systems that make it possible – and how to use them yourself.
How do you learn the times tables without memorising a hundred facts? A walk through a technique for every table from 1 to 10 – doubling, the five rule, the digit rule for nines and the square numbers – and the few facts that genuinely have to be practised.
A method for mental arithmetic in which the times tables are replaced by one short rule per digit. The whole Trachtenberg system walked through, with the rule and an example for every digit from 2 to 12 – and how to check the answer.
Resources
Oddbjørn By's Memo books teach practical memory techniques – methods for remembering names, numbers, course material and languages. Recommended by Jan Sindre on the podcast.
A visual memory technique in which you attach information to rooms and places you know well, so the knowledge is easier to retrieve. John Erik used it while studying medicine.
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