Abstract
Recent studies have begun to evaluate the ancient art of artificial memory in which first a set of places is memorized, and later things or words to be memorized are “putin those places with bizarre images.” Students of the ancient art of memory spent much effort in selecting places. However, 12 students learned 34 of 40 words in their correct sequence in one trial, using for places an arbitrary map of a street. Self-produced memory-maps are thus not a necessary part of the artificial memory process.
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F, H. Memory loci in artificial memory. Psychon Sci 16, 82–83 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336630
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