Have you ever heard of the "One-Bun" method of memory recall? This method is widely used to recall lists of items and it uses association and what are known as "peg images" to help you recall this information.
When using the one-bun method you link a number (four, five, six etc) and an image (the peg image) together which becomes the foundation for memorizing further information. The first ten items are commonly one- bun, two-shoe, three-tree, four-door, five-hive, six-sticks, seven-heaven, eight-gate, nine-vine and ten-hen.
If you need to recall more than ten items then you need to put more numbers and pegs together. You can literally do this for hundreds of items as long as you can remember the peg images (we're assuming you can count into the hundreds without any issues!) Also keep in mind that you can use whatever peg images you want (you don't have to use one-bun, two-shoe etc) and in fact the more your make this your own the better because you will find the pegs easier to recall when you created them.
Imagine that you have to remember ten important presidents of the United States (obviously you would normally need to remember many more items than this but the same principles apply no matter how many items it is). The names to remember are Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, George Washington, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman. So let's use the one-bun method to recall three of these names by associating some of these presidents with an image.
The Five-Hive Association. Imagine Bob Marley, the King of Reggae music, with a beehive stuck on his head running all around trying to get it off. "Reggae" sounds very similar to Reagan.
The Six-Sticks Association. When you think of sticks you also think of wood. This will remind you of Woodrow Wilson.
The Three-Tree Association. Imagine a bomb is planted in a tree and it explodes and tree branches go flying everywhere. Bomb rhymes with Tom, which will help remind you of Thomas Jefferson.
And there you have it! Pretty simple isn't it? Keep in mind that each number is pegged and the peg image is then associated with what you need to recall. Also keep in mind that when you are creating the associations (and yes you will need to use that wonderful thing called your imagination) it's important to make the associations weird, wonderful and lame. Why? You will remember them more easily of course. And that's the name of the game.
In the one-bun method, the ten original images are used for every application. In other words, the images of the hamburger bun, the shoe and the tree (and so on) do not change from application to application. Only the graphics that help to associate a bun, shoe or tree with what you are trying to memorize changes. Good luck!
When using the one-bun method you link a number (four, five, six etc) and an image (the peg image) together which becomes the foundation for memorizing further information. The first ten items are commonly one- bun, two-shoe, three-tree, four-door, five-hive, six-sticks, seven-heaven, eight-gate, nine-vine and ten-hen.
If you need to recall more than ten items then you need to put more numbers and pegs together. You can literally do this for hundreds of items as long as you can remember the peg images (we're assuming you can count into the hundreds without any issues!) Also keep in mind that you can use whatever peg images you want (you don't have to use one-bun, two-shoe etc) and in fact the more your make this your own the better because you will find the pegs easier to recall when you created them.
Imagine that you have to remember ten important presidents of the United States (obviously you would normally need to remember many more items than this but the same principles apply no matter how many items it is). The names to remember are Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, George Washington, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman. So let's use the one-bun method to recall three of these names by associating some of these presidents with an image.
The Five-Hive Association. Imagine Bob Marley, the King of Reggae music, with a beehive stuck on his head running all around trying to get it off. "Reggae" sounds very similar to Reagan.
The Six-Sticks Association. When you think of sticks you also think of wood. This will remind you of Woodrow Wilson.
The Three-Tree Association. Imagine a bomb is planted in a tree and it explodes and tree branches go flying everywhere. Bomb rhymes with Tom, which will help remind you of Thomas Jefferson.
And there you have it! Pretty simple isn't it? Keep in mind that each number is pegged and the peg image is then associated with what you need to recall. Also keep in mind that when you are creating the associations (and yes you will need to use that wonderful thing called your imagination) it's important to make the associations weird, wonderful and lame. Why? You will remember them more easily of course. And that's the name of the game.
In the one-bun method, the ten original images are used for every application. In other words, the images of the hamburger bun, the shoe and the tree (and so on) do not change from application to application. Only the graphics that help to associate a bun, shoe or tree with what you are trying to memorize changes. Good luck!
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