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  2. Mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    Knuckle mnemonic for the number of days in each month of the Gregorian calendar.Each knuckle represents a 31-day month. A mnemonic device (/ n ə ˈ m ɒ n ɪ k / nə-MON-ik) [1] or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember.

  3. Hippocampal prosthesis - Wikipedia

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    A prosthetic neuronal memory silicon chip is a device that imitates the brain's process of creating long-term memories. A prototype for this device was designed by Theodore Berger, a biomedical engineer and neurologist at University of Southern California. Berger started to work on the design in the early 1990s.

  4. Memory - Wikipedia

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    Study of the genetics of human memory is in its infancy though many genes have been investigated for their association to memory in humans and non-human animals. A notable initial success was the association of APOE with memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. The search for genes associated with normally varying memory continues.

  5. Methods used to study memory - Wikipedia

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    Hermann Ebbinghaus began the scientific study of human memory with this treatise On Memory in 1885. [2] Ebbinghaus experimented on himself by testing his own ability to memorize lists of randomly arranged syllables presented at a regular pace of 2.5 syllables per second.

  6. Encoding (memory) - Wikipedia

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    Human memory, including the process of encoding, ... Another example of a mnemonic device commonly used is the first letter of every word system or acronyms.

  7. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...

  8. Eidetic memory - Wikipedia

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    Eidetic memory (/ aɪ ˈ d ɛ t ɪ k / eye-DET-ik), also known as photographic memory and total recall, is the ability to recall an image from memory with high precision—at least for a brief period of time—after seeing it only once [1] and without using a mnemonic device.

  9. Memory augmentation - Wikipedia

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    Another approach to human memory augmentation is using devices such as cell phones to capture videos and pictures of various life events and experiences. These pictures and videos can serve as retrieval cues for not only that particular instance but also for other memories associated with the time the picture or video was taken. [ 7 ]