Study

Mind palace

Gie a list a familiar place tae bide. Walk yer route, ae memorable stop at a time.

Free for aye. Nae accoont needit.

A wee hoose wi a dotted route frae a doorway tae a chair an a plant

Openin yer local material…

A wee tool. A useful practice.

Chyise a place ye ken weel an a set order o distinct stops. At ilk stop, tie a fact tae a vivid scene ye imagine. Walk the same route in recall mode afore ye reveal ilk fact.

Sources an limits

Dresler an colleagues studied sax weeks o mnemonic trainin uisin the method o loci an fund improvements in trained list-memory tasks. This is evidence for learnin lists wi a trained strategy, no for higher IQ or better memory in general.

Dresler, M. et al. (2017). Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory. Neuron, 93, 1227–1235.e6.

A wheen things tae ken

Will a mind palace improve ma IQ or aw kinds o memory?

That hasnae been established by this research. The study cited measured memory for lists. A route is a strategy for particular material, an it taks practice tae uise.

Is awthin here free?

Aye. Mak, practise, import, export an print wi nae accoont or peyment.

Can I shift ma wirk tae anither device?

Export a JSON back-up, transfer the file yersel, syne import it on the ither device. Check the preview afore replacin that browser’s saved material.