memorization
Sign in to saveMemorization (British English: memorisation) is the process of committing something to memory. It is a mental process undertaken in order to store in memory for later recall visual, auditory, or tactical information.
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- Development
- Techniques
- Rote learning
- Spaced repetition
- Active recall
- Mnemonic
- Mnemonic link system
- Mnemonic peg system
- Mnemonic major system
- Method of loci
- Art of memory
- Other techniques
- Improving
- See also
- References
Memorization (British English: memorisation) is the process of committing something to memory. It is a mental process undertaken in order to store in memory for later recall visual, auditory, or tactical information.
The scientific study of memory is part of cognitive neuroscience, an interdisciplinary link between cognitive psychology and neuroscience.
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