Try Remembering in Chunks

Are u having difficulties remembering long numbers like phone numbers, your bank account numbers????

Then a simple process called “chunking” can help u a lot in remembering stuffs like this. Chunking is a simple yet effective memory improvement method. The chunking process includes breaking down of long units into small easily remember able groupings or chunks. It will be much more convenient if the chunks contain no more than 7(±2) separate items of information due to the reason that a normal person’s mind can retain only 7(±2) items of information at a time in the short-term memory.(Read More)

During chunking process the memory has to hold fewer items than a normal remembering process. For example to remember the number 122411222010, one can use the normal remembering process by remembering each units of the number one by one, but in this process while he/she is remembering the last units, there is a great probability that his/her mind might have lost the information about initial units, so this process can be tedious and time consuming. But suppose the number is divided into chunks as 12, 24, 11, 22, 2010; then the mind has to deal with only 5 units as a result it will be effective to remember the number.

It’s not only for remembering telephone numbers, that the method of chunking van be useful to you but also in case of remembering speeches and notes for the exams. To get the benefits from this method to the fullest, you need to manage for the regular practices…….after all it is the practice that generates perfection! .. well almost perfection :)