THINKING SKILLS

The Link Method

The Link Method is an easy mnemonic technique with great results for most people who want to improve their memory

To remember a list of items, you have to link them together using a string of visual ideas that flow naturally. The items must be turned into images, and connections need to be created between them.

This is similar to The Story Method except that the images needn't form a story. They just have to link.

Example of the Link Method of memory retreval.

To remember the largest cities in England in order: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool,

you would link London (London is famous enough to be remembered as London itself with Birmingham by thinking of Birmingham as Burning ham (Tower bridge opening as a burning piece of ham comes up the Thames)

now link the burning ham with A man's chest (see the image clearly in your mind)

Now link the mans chest with a pool of liver (see the hairy chested man, dive into a pool of liver)

It all sounds stupid, but it really helps you to remember.

A variation is to remmber the items in rooms in your house. Take a jeorney through your house and drop an item on each bed upstairs, one in the bath, one on the stairs, one on the sofa etc. If you visialise a burning ham in the bath, and you always tour your house in the same direction, then you will remember birmingham 's position on your list with ease.

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