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In this second installment of Tricks to Retain Studied Information, Dr. Jennifer McCabe (Goucher College) discusses a powerful memory strategy called the Method of Loci, in which a “memory palace” is created to produce a vivid imaginary map to help students strengthen their memories of specific information.
The video above walks you through the Method of Loci in simple steps. Great example!
Jennifer McCabe (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology at Goucher College. Her research focuses on topics in human memory, including strategies for memory improvement; metacognition/metamemory (or what you know about your own memory); scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically instructional methods in Psychology; and human memory systems, primarily short-term and working memory.
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