Med school is next to impossible without mnemonics. One of the most famous reveals the names of the nerves that come directly through the skull (not the spinal column): On Old Olympus' Towering ...

Med school is next to impossible without mnemonics. One of the most famous reveals the names of the nerves that come directly through the skull (not the spinal column): On Old Olympus' Towering ...

Mnemonics provide an explicit way to expedite the use of specific tactics designed to promote the creation of these associations. “Memory athletes” are people who compete in memorization contests.

The oldest known memory aid is the method of loci, invented by the ancient Greeks at least 2000 years ago. These days there are any number of mnemonics, but while memory champions may swear by ...