An experimental evaluation of the effects of using training sentences to aide young children's word recall

Littlefield, Lauren M.; Klein, Evelyn R.; Coates, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/19415532.2012.712840

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“…Besides, human memory also benefits from the training of the Method of Loci 1 and the digit-image method 2 , the quintessential mnemonics employed by world-class mnemonists. Such training-induced boost occurs at various levels ranging from memory performance 3 to functional brain organization 4 , and involves multiple populations from developing children 5 to the elderly 6 .…”

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Mnemonic-trained brain tuning to a regular odd-even pattern subserves digit memory in children

Pan,

Hao,

Liu

et al. 2023

npj Sci. Learn.

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It is said that our species use mnemonics – that “magic of memorization” – to engrave an enormous amount of information in the brain. Yet, it is unclear how mnemonics affect memory and what the neural underpinnings are. In this electroencephalography study, we examined the hypotheses whether mnemonic training improved processing-efficiency and/or altered encoding-pattern to support memory enhancement. By 22-day training of a digit-image mnemonic (a custom memory technique used by world-class mnemonists), a group of children showed increased short-term memory after training, but with limited gain generalization. This training resulted in regular odd-even neural patterns (i.e., enhanced P200 and theta power during the encoding of digits at even- versus odd- positions in a sequence). Critically, the P200 and theta power effects predicted the training-induced memory improvement. These findings provide evidence of how mnemonics alter encoding pattern, as reflected in functional brain organization, to support memory enhancement.

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