Tags:: #🌱 Links:: [[The Ancient Greeks used the memory palace technique to remember the topics of speeches]] # Memory palaces Memory palaces involve using visualizations of real or fake locations with images inside to assist in retrieving memories. The general idea is to take a place that you know quiet well, like the candy store in town--you know you frequented that place a lot admit it--and place vivid images inside of them representing the things you want to remember. Then remembering becomes a simple act of walking through your memory palace in your minds eye and recalling whatever you want to remember from the images throughout. They work so well to remember things for two main reasons: 1. [[Humans are incredible at remembering images]] 2. [[Humans evolved to have great spatial navigation]] ### How to build memory palaces There are three things you need: 1. Celebrity list 2. Major system (PAO system if you are more advanced) 3. Memory palace network