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Memorization, a challenge for many people, can be made simple using the
aids called "chaining" and "pegging." Using systems for transforming
dry lists into easy assimilation of memorable information, which is
also called mnemonics, people incorporate the chaining and pegging
techniques into their memorization skills through observation,
association and visualization.
The Technique of Pegging
Pegging is the process of assigning word or letter values to numbers
for numerical mnemonics. During the 1600s, Stanislaus Mink von
Wennsshein developed the technique that, with modern adaptations, is
still in use today. The complication with pegging is that you have to
memorize in order to memorize. The code for the nine digits is
considered to be simple, if you can remember that for example, the
digit 6, because it looks like the letter j, corresponds to the letters
j, ch, and sh. But the digit 9, which is opposite 6 corresponds to the
letters b and p. Other codes are z and s for zero, t and d for one, n
for two, m for three, r for four, L for five, k, g, or c for seven, and
f or v for eight.
Using Pegging
To use pegging to remember long numbers, write down the number and
replace the digits with code letters. For example, to remember the
number 14,312,149, assign d and r to the 14, m and d to the 31, n and t
to the 21, and r and p to the 49. Add vowels to construct words. D plus
r can become deer; m and d can become mud; n and t can become net; and
r and p cam be rope. Construct a story that uses the words: A deer is
in the mud in a net made of rope.
The technique of Chaining
Chaining is an associative memorization skill that creates an easily
remembered story. Lists of words can be memorized by linking them
together in a way that creates a visual images used in the story.
Using Chaining
One of the more common applications for the chaining technique is the
memorization of a grocery list. Say you had to go to the store to get
bananas, milk, bread and green beans. You could construct a story about
going into the store with a monkey who wants a banana. But it"s not a
normal monkey -- it is going to eat the banana in a sandwich with a
drink of milk. In your story, you watch it eat while you munch some
green beans.
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