When you are creating a mnemonic, eg., an image or story to remember a telephone number, the following things can be used to make the Mnemonic more memorable:
Use positive, pleasant images. The brain often blocks our unpleasant ones. Exaggerate the size of important parts of the image.- Use humor! Funny or peculiar things are easier to remember than normal ones.
- Similarly rude or sexual rhymes are very difficult to forget!
- Symbols ( e.g., red traffic lights, pointing fingers, act.,) can be used in mnemonics.
- Vivid, colorful images are easier to remember than drab ones.
- Use all the sense to code information or dress up an image. Remember that your mnemonic can contain sounds, smells, tastes, touch, movements and feelings as well as pictures.
- Bringing three dimensions can be used either to maintain the flow of association or can help to remember actions.
- Locate similar mnemonics in different places with background of those places. This will help in maintaining similar images distinct and unconfused.
The important thing is that the mnemonics should clearly relate to the thing being remembered and that it should be vivid enough to be clearly recalled whenever you think about it.
