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Mega-Mega-BrainsBrains

A A CrashCrash Course Course on on Study SkillsStudy Skills

and the human mind

Overview of Eight TopicsOverview of Eight Topics• 1. Left brain vs

right brain

• 2. Three levels of memory

• 3. Three long-term storage methods

• 4. Sensory memories

• 5. Intermittent Interference

• 6. Ah-Ha Effect • 7. The Power of

Seven (give or take two)

• 8. Mnemonic Devices

1The Right/Left BrainThe Right/Left Brain

The Left Brain•linear•chronological•numerical•analytical•methodical•The home of writing, reading, problem solving

RiGhT BrAiN

ART

Music Apprecation

3-DColor

ImagerySolutions

2Three LevelsThree Levels of Memory of Memory

• Sensory

•Short term

• LONG TERM

3Three Tips for LONG-Three Tips for LONG-

TERM StorageTERM Storage• Make it MEANINGFULMEANINGFUL

•OVERLEARNOVERLEARN it

• Use MNEMONIC MNEMONIC DEVICESDEVICES

4Five Sensory MemoriesFive Sensory Memories

•VisualVisual •AuditoryAuditory •Motor

•Olfactory •Taste

5Intertermitt ent

InteInterr

ferencferencee

6The

Ah-Ah-ha!!!ha!!! Effect

Ah-Ha! & the 2-minute memory Ah-Ha! & the 2-minute memory cellscells

• After an hour of study, the sub-conscious mind continues to process information for 20 minutes

• After an hour of study, take a break Memories are clustered into two-minute segments

• Study concepts in small doses that can be recalled within two minutes

The Power ofThe Power of

Give or take

8Mnemonic Mnemonic DevicesDevices

All are forms of ChunkingAll are forms of Chunking

• Acronyms

• Acrostics

• Rhymes

• Songs

• Link

• Loci

Mnemonic ExamplesMnemonic Examples• ACRONYMS:

– NATO– CIA– FBI– SCUBA– NOW– AA– AAA– IVAN CAPP– ROY G BIV

• ROFLMAO• TSNF• TWSS• TTFN• BFF• BBIAM• SOL• SNAFU

AcrosticsAcrostics

• Mary’s violet eyes make John stay up nights (panting)

• Men very easily make jugs serve useful nocturnal purposes

• King Philip came over from great Spain

• Never vote at a polling place in Chicago

The

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