Human Memory Techniques

The cluster focuses on how human memory works differently from computer storage, the benefits of training it, and mnemonic techniques like memory palaces for better recall.

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purple-leafy Jan 6, 2025 View on HN

thats an interesting memory paradigm, is there a name for this ? Something for me to try

matthewmorgan May 14, 2021 View on HN

Might be time to dust off the old memory palace technique

fabjan May 25, 2011 View on HN

How much energy does your has-happened-but-not-yet-three-times memory use?

Zigurd Oct 8, 2013 View on HN

Well, that's one way to enhance the persistence of memory.

Havoc May 14, 2021 View on HN

That's probably why so called memory palaces work

SmellyGeekBoy Oct 30, 2019 View on HN

Human memory isn't perfect, to be fair.

state_less Feb 4, 2017 View on HN

How should we account for humans with photographic memory?

jimktrains2 Aug 23, 2017 View on HN

People without copious amounts of memory?

UncleMeat Jul 29, 2019 View on HN

Is it? Memory exists to be used.

saintPirelli Mar 19, 2018 View on HN

Human memory doesn't work like your hard drive. The notion that you have some sort of 'free disk space', because you don't remember function names is ludicrous. Quite contrary, the more you train your memory, the more you can remember.