Mnemonic peg system
memory aid
The mnemonic peg system, invented by Henry Herdson, is a memory aid that works by creating mental associations between two concrete objects in a one-to-one fashion that will later be applied to to-be-remembered information. Typically this involves linking nouns to numbers and it is common practice to choose a noun that rhymes with the number it is associated with. These will be the pegs of the system. These associations have to be memorized one time and can be applied repeatedly to new information that needs to be memorized.
Types of peg-word systems
Rhyming peg-word system
The rhyming peg-word system is very simple, as stated above and could look something like this:
Sun: Visualize an association between the first item and the sun.
Shoe: Visualize an association between the second item and a shoe.
Tree: Visualize an association between the third item and a tree.
Door: Visualize an association between the fourth item and a door.
Hive: Visualize an association between the fifth item and a bee hive.
Chicks: Visualize an association between the sixth item and chicks.
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