Mnemonics or mnemonics as it is also known, is the name by which the memorization technique is described, which is based on associating the information to be retained with data that are already part of a person's memory. Within psychology and pedagogy, mnemonics is considered an art, which is responsible for facilitating memorization through conventional means or devices.
The mnemonic means overload the spirit using for them a multitude of auxiliary ideas that it is necessary to retain, in addition to their relationship with the central ideas. In general, mnemonic techniques tend to lie in linking the structures and contents that need to be retained with certain physical locations that are ordered with respect to coexistence.
It is important to note that there are differences between memory and mnemonics. Since on the one hand memory is described as the ability to enter, maintain and retrieve certain information; while mnemonics is a technique that is used to be able to remember a fact.
Currently there are a series of techniques that serve to increase the level of retention, such as the creation of words with the initials of each term that the person in question wants to memorize, the formation of mental boxes, as well as conversions of numbers.
The mnemonic rules usually have great advantages, not to mention the fact that it is quite simple and strictly related to the ideas that the individual wants to keep in his memory, as is the case of an important date, or a series of words. In this sense, there are various mnemonics, however, among the most used the following can be mentioned:
- Mental boxes: this is about linking the words that you want to retain using a list of words known and structured by the person himself.
- Numerical conversions: This is characterized by the fact of transforming the numbers into consonants and also by adding vowels to form a word. Therefore, the individual must create a table in which each number corresponds to a consonant.
