Mnemonic epiphany...
Feb. 23rd, 2013 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpFrom time to time, I've toyed with the idea of introducing a little "background music" to various mnemonic images that I may come up with, as a way of upping the "information density" of such associations. I even came up with a preliminary list of very short excepts from various pieces of music (e.g., da-da-da-DUMMM, from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, to represent the number 5). However, this led to a curious epiphany today.
Specifically, I realized that I have not normally been involving my sense of hearing in such images (and perhaps "construct" would be a better word here than "image," as what I am describing the whole of what is supposed to be used as a mnemonic device). The more I got to thinking, the more I realized that I've been depending almost exclusively on the visual aspect over the years—creating wild and zany images, but with few, if any sounds, and definitely no smells or other sensations.
I can't really pinpoint when this "change of approach" happened to me, but it did, probably soon after I moved away from Buffalo and the Forks Hotel (where I used to include some memory effects along with my close-up work).
That said, I should probably focus on developing more "multi-dimensional" mnemonics the old fashioned way before adding a separate sound track.
Cheers...
Specifically, I realized that I have not normally been involving my sense of hearing in such images (and perhaps "construct" would be a better word here than "image," as what I am describing the whole of what is supposed to be used as a mnemonic device). The more I got to thinking, the more I realized that I've been depending almost exclusively on the visual aspect over the years—creating wild and zany images, but with few, if any sounds, and definitely no smells or other sensations.
I can't really pinpoint when this "change of approach" happened to me, but it did, probably soon after I moved away from Buffalo and the Forks Hotel (where I used to include some memory effects along with my close-up work).
That said, I should probably focus on developing more "multi-dimensional" mnemonics the old fashioned way before adding a separate sound track.
Cheers...
