This technique is actually quite fascinating. At first you think it would not work but as the video shows it does and it works quite well. The trick for memory is that the information needs to make it into your long term memory or you probably won't remember it. The card technique works well, but it would be quite time consuming to do this for all of your memory work and how could you manage this with university courses?
Myself, it helps me to rewrite my notes every day I have class. I first write my notes on canary paper and then when I get home I rewrite these notes onto white paper or into a coiled notebook. I just started this technique this semester and I believe it is helping getting the information from my short term into my long term memory. When I study, I rewrite notes and make lists. These 2 techniques have proven to be successful for this class. I have found that studying for exams for EDPY the list technique seems to work out the best. Make a list and rewrite rewrite rewrite.
I googled to see what else is out there for memory techniques. What I have come across does not surprise me one bit. The first tip I have found useful is do not skimp on exercise or sleep. When you exercise the body, you exercise the brain. When I am tired, my brain shuts kinda shuts off. I don't retain anything in class, so I agree with this tip. The second tip I found was summed up as let yourself have some fun and don't sweat the small stuff. If you don't have any fun social activities in your life and just concentrate on school and the stresses of it you are going to go completely crazy.
So looking at these tips I have found, I have done everything I possible can to improve my memory. I'm sure that my techniques will change and improve over the next 3 years as I continue my degree.
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