The method of loci (or the loci technique) is a mnemonic memorization trick with a number of uses, from helping people with ...

Are these incredible feats possible because of some rare brain difference in those that accomplish them? Nope, explains a fascinating recent Big Think article. Memory athletes aren’t genetically ...

Although mnemonic devices far predate the written word, both Cicero and Quintilian name Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BCE) as the first teacher of an art of memory. Simonides is perhaps best known for ...

Many parents have a hard time helping their kids memorize facts. Kids often forget easily due to the ongoing development of their brains, particularly the hippocampus, which is responsible for memory ...