Mnemonics

Question 1

Acronyms

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Answer 1

• pronouncable word formed by the first letters of each word that must be remembered
  e.g. SAME | sensory - afferent, motor - efferent

Question 2

Acrostics

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Answer 2

• phrases in which the first letter of each word serves as a cue to help retrieve information that starts with the same letter
  e.g. F The Police Officers | Frontal Temporal Parietal Occipital

Question 3

Method of Loci

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Answer 3

• items to be remembered are converted into mental images and associated with specific positions or locations
  e.g. remembering a shopping list by assigning and imagining each item to a different location on a familiar street

Question 4

Songlines

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Answer 4

• sequence of short sung narratives associated with specific locations that are linked by a path on Country
• similar to method of loci with knowledge patterned on Country but at each location, knowledge is performed using song or movement