On of the largest misconceptions about a good memory is that you are born with it. Most people don't believe that they can significantly improve their memory. It is not in their reality that they could be able to memorize even an entire book a couple of weeks from now.

It is not their fault that they believe this. Through years in school they learned that the only way to remember something is trough repetition. Most people just dismiss the entire notion of memory improvement, and they unknowingly miss out on countless opportunities in their life.

Reality:

Fact: The official world record holder can accurately remember a number that is 67,890 digits long.

Fact: Another record holder can remember 64 full decks of playing cards (3328 cards), in order, after seeing them only once

Fact: Both of these people were born just like you, with no special memorizing abilities.

It is not your fault that your memory is bad. Through years in school you have been taught that the only way to remember something is through repetition. Nothing could be further from the truth!

Memory is a skill, that can be learned by anyone. You are living in a world where 99% of all people use only a fraction of their brains memory power. If you choose to unleash this hidden potential within your brain you will have a tremendous advantage over everybody else. It will be like knowing how to read and write, in a world where nobody else can.

Myth 2: Drugs can improve your memory

Some companies try to trick you into buying expensive drugs that will improve your memory.

Reality:
We are not going to spend a lot of time on this, because it is so stupid. There is no drug on the market today that can significantly improve your memory, and we suspect that we won't see one in the future either. Why?

The plain reason being that using your memory is a combination of the right knowledge & a practical skill (the skill being by far the most important), like learning how to read and write or playing the guitar.

You have the capacity to learn how to speak Spanish in your brain. Millions have learned it. You have the capacity to have an amazing memory in your brain. Unfortunately only a few people have discovered how. To bring out your memory you need to have the right knowledge, then practice as little so it becomes automatic. It's as simple as that.

Seriously. Would you be duped into buying a "learn how to speak Spanish" pill?

Myth 3: You can improve your memory by only reading a book

A lot of companies selling memory improvement product try to create the illusion that you can improve your memory by just reading their book, or listening to a CD. Unfortunately it is not that simple…

Reality:
Memory is a practical skill and it requires practice. It is extremely hard to learn a practical skill from reading a book. Reading every bodybuilding and nutrition book in the world will not make you fit! Even if you know all the right workout routines, and you know exactly what you should eat, this information will be useless if you don't apply it.

Having a great memory is not about the "know how", but actually being able to use it without thinking about it. It should be as effortless as breathing. If you want to learn memory techniques, try Google. But the results you will be getting are very limited.

To get top notch results, you need a complete memory program with a scientific base. You need instructors to guide you, so you avoid doing mistakes that will hinder your progress. And you need step-by-step exercises to make this a part of you, something that you effortlessly do without thinking about it. Do not spend money on an memory product that doesn't offer at least a few of these.

GMS® allows to achieve astonishing results. Memorization ability can be increased 60 times and more in comparison with the norm.  Such fantastic results prove that memorization skills have reached a totally new level.  The results become obvious when you compare your trained abilities with the starting point. This means that our natural ability to memorise has its limits.  Our brain memorizes only visual information along with the audible that comes with it.  In order to learn to memorize anything else you need to study mnemonics with the same level of determination as we put forward when we learn how to read and write.

Memorization speed

After you have formed the memorization skills, the memorization speed for figurative codes (the previously memorized images for frequently repeated elements) will amount to about 6 seconds per each element on average.

This means that you will be able to memorize 20 two-digit numbers in 2 minutes and 200 two-digit numbers in 20 minutes. Memorizing one phone number is equal to memorizing 4 elements – which is about 24 seconds!

The memorization speed for the elements of other types of information which also need to be encoded into visual images (new words, terms, names, notions) is much slower. For high-quality memorization of a concept you might need several minutes.

Memorization speed depends highly on your skill of encoding information into visual images and associations.

Memorization volume

Memorization volume is the amount of elements you can memorize in one setting.

Memorization volume is limited  not only by the speed but also by your brains' stamina. When you memorize 100 two-digit numbers in 10 minutes you will need to take a break.

The volume of memorized information can be compared to the number of push-ups you can do. Lets say you can do 10 push ups. After some training you can increase the number of push-ups up to 50 but your muscles will still get tired. Now, if you can do 10 sets of 50 push-ups each you will end up doing 500 of them and you will feel so tired that you might need to take a day off.

This example shows you that the memorization volume can be increased.  Increasing your volume 20 times compared to the norm is more than sufficient for the practical use of memorization techniques.  If you can learn to memorize 100 elements at one time e.g. 100 two-digit numbers, words, syllables etc., it will be sufficient for the practical use of GMS®.

The volume of memorized information is limited by your memorization speed and the weariness that is inevitable in the process of memorization.

Memorization quality

Memorization quality reflects the amount of correct answers you can give right after memorization. GMS® can help you achieve high, almost ideal, memorization accuracy.  According to the “Giordano Memorization System” norms no more than 10 percent of mistakes are allowed.  If you make just 11 mistakes when memorizing 100 numbers then the test is failed.  Mistakes within the 10 percent range are regarded as occasional. They can be corrected through repeated memorization of the forgotten elements.

Memorization reliability

Memorization reliability means that you can store information in your head for a long time: days, weeks, months, years or even decades.

You can also regulate the storage time for the imemorized material. You can memorize 100 numbers and read them back from your memory without a single mistake but  if you do not perform special exercise at this point you will not be able to reproduce the numbers the next day.

New information should be reviewed, and then affixed for the long-term storage. You do not need the information source to review the information - the information is reviewed by recollection.

If you memorize data that you need to use the following day the information memorization process will automatically retain it in your brain.

GMS® can make it possible to effectively  store relatively large volumes of information in the brain – information that is seldom used but may be necessary.

Mental summarizing

What is the volume of information that can be memorized? GMS® will allow you to memorize absolutely everything that you normally write down in notebooks or on a cheat sheet.

GMS® memorization is similar to stenography and summarizing with the record made directly into your brain.

You only record the most important and essential and then the sense of it with its wording is fixed in the memory. GMS® memorization ensures very deep understanding of the memorized material. When it comes to memorizing precise information i.e. dates, numbers, names, terms etc., GMS® guarantee absolutely literal memorization of such data.

Information organization in the brain

GMS® allows you to memorize information in a certain sequence. Memorization does not make much sense without this skill since memorizing a phone number is all about memorizing the right sequence of familiar ciphers.

Information is always memorized consecutively and can be recalled in direct or reverse orders.

Fixation of a sequence during memorization is a technical necessity. This does not mean, however, that later you will have to run through all the information in your head. You will easily answer questions in chronological order without paging through all the dates in your memory. Memorizing a sequence is necessary to fix the information smoothly into your memory by viewing it in your imagination during the first days after memorization. A sequence can be set aside after such fixation and you will simply remember the information. It becomes part of your conscious mind.

GMS® also allows you to create a structure. Thus, when you memorize a conceptual system of a discipline you will be able to fix not only the sense and the names of new to you concepts but also their hierarchical organization.

You can build branching tree-like structures in your memory in the same way you organize folders on the computer.

Do not view GMS® as phenomenal memory but rather as a memory tool. It provides you with means of precise memorization. It helps organize a warehouse in your head much like a cheat sheet or notes organized by its volume and a subject.

Using GMS® requires constant work with our memory- similar to keeping a diary. If you want your diary to be complete and exciting you need to make notes every day and sometimes reread them.

Forming a memorization skill does not mean that the information will be memorized by itself. You need to put some effort to it - intentionally operate your attention and use mental algorithms (memorization techniques).

Positive effects

When you train one function of your organism you train other functions as well. If you build your body you also train your coronary system, character, thinking, etc. People become more positive and more satisfied with their lifes which results in better social interactions as well as improvement of the overall wellbeing.

Positive effects of GMS®

Your unintentional (automatic) memorization improves.

If the volume of memorized information is small it seems that the information is memorized spontaneously without any special effort. Memorization skills become automatic on the subliminal level. This is like you turning on the lights in a dark room - you do it without thinking.

Everyday forgetfulness disappears

Everyday forgetfulness can be a serious problem. thanks to the GMS® I do not suffer from it - I always remember where I put the keys and in which coat I left my wallet.

Memory sensibility is improved

What is memory sensibility?  It is the ability of your brain (imagination) to instantly react to perceived stimuli. Memory sensibility is trained through performing GMS® exercises. It has a big impact on your ability to recall the memorized data.

Increasing your memory sensibility is also connected to memories from the past. You will be able to recall the events of your past more easily.

You can check your memory sensibility right now. I will show you how to do it and how it works.

Look at the objects in your house. Can you remember where and when you bought the things around you?

When I am looking at a set of cutlery I see a street kiosk with “University” written above it. I bought the set in the evening, on the 20th of August of 1996 (I was wearing a light coat) for only $20.

When I am looking at my phone I remember how I bought it from a friend and what a bargain it was. The phone made my friend sick with its ringer But I did not care - to me it was OK.

There are numerous examples of such recollection when you look at the things that surround  you in your own house.

This is how it normally works. If you cannot remember those little things your memory sensibility is lower than it is supposed to be. Look at the objects around you and try to test your memory sensibility by recalling dates, events, people, etc, related to them.

In Japan they love fish and they even eat it  raw. It has been known for centuries that fish is food for the brain. Maybe that is why the Japanese are so healthy and invent a lot of electronic miracles? Up trough the ages people in general have not been very engaged in the scientific substantiation of proper nourishment.

In an article in "The Questions of Nourishment" the author recommends eating tuna so that the brain does not get tired too quickly. "The Questions of Nourishment" magazine support all their articles with chemical formulas and scientific tests. Scientists studied the reaction of the brain to various products and came to the conclusion that food influences our cogitative processes in the most miraculous way. Our mood, our memory and our thinking largely depend on what we eat.

Our brain is designed by nature in a way that its activity and chemical composition depend much what we had for breakfast, if we had any at all. The scientists of the institute of nourishment have published many useful and interesting facts.

We will show you some of the. Try to take advantage and use their discoveries for at least a few days. And, perhaps, you will be convinced by your own experience that your mood, well being and memory really depends much on consumed food.

Breakfast

 Many people are used to eating for breakfast food containing carbohydrates. For example, sweet rolls or donuts. Starch and sugar contained in that type of food lead to the serotonin secretion increase in our brain. Serotonin is a soothing neurotransmitter. As a result of eating sweets in the morning we fail to reach a vigorous enough condition for our day and find ourselves going downhill because the activity of our organism decreases.

Sausage, eggs and ham contain high amounts of cholesterol and fat. These substances are digested slowly and cause our blood flow from our brain to our stomach which delays our cogitative processes. When you eat a sandwich with sausages for breakfast you will instantly feel that your morning activity starts to gradually fade away with each piece of swallowed food.

Nutrition experts (Shelton, Bragg) recommend that a good breakfast should consist of products with a very low content of fat or better yet fat-free. Here are some examples of such products: low-fat cottage cheese, fresh fruits and freshly squeezed juice, lean ham, low-fat cream cheese. The fructose contained in fruits is digested slowly and unlike processed sugar is not harmful to our bodies.

Do you dring coffee every morning? The scientists do not discourage you from drinking coffee yet they recommend it in small amounts - 1 cup a day- and made out of grains. Several cups of coffee will result in overabundance of caffeine which may  not only prevent a person from having a good reaction and clear thinking but can also prove to be harmful to the heart in the long run.

Lunch

You will often find that  old cook books recommends a glass of wine or even one-two small shots of hard liqueur after lunch. Many people who are now in their 50s - 60s are used to doing this. However, the use of alcohol of any kind is rather dangerous. In one of his works Korsakov described one famous writer who got used to drinking vodka during his traveling the north of Russia. He was not an alcoholic, and he was never observed being drunk. But he developed a habit of drinking vodka in small doses which on its turn led to the structural and functional disorder in his brain. After being examined at the Korsakovs' clinic the writer was diagnosed with multiple neuritis – extensive lesions of the nerves of the brain. From a first sight he was a normal person but at closer contact would reveal the disorder of his short-term memory - the ability to fixate just occurred events. In one-two minutes he would forget about the conversation with the doctor and would greet him again as though he saw the doctor for the first time that day. Such a disease, described by Korsakov for the first time, is called "Korsakovs' syndrome". Its symptoms are very similar to that of the Alzheimers' disease.

Many people realize the harm the alcohol can do to our brain but only a few know the danger of a lunch that consists of three or more dishes containing carbohydrates: bread, potatoes or pasta, sweet dessert. A group of psychologists discovered that similar combinations of products make women sleepy and men weak which results in slacking. After such a lunch it takes about 4 hours to restore persons' ability to concentrate. There is a saying: "Up until lunch a person at work fights with hunger and after lunch they fall asleep". Sleepiness may not be the result of a bad night of sleep. The sleepiness is caused by an incorrectly chosen combination of food that reduces the activity of the brain.

What should you eat for lunch then? The lunch should contain products with a high amount of protein. Poultry or fish rich in protein fill the blood of a person with amino acids, including tyrosine.

Let me also write a few words about the protective barrier of nervous cells of the brain. Each cell of the organism has an external membrane - a protective cover which not only separates the cell from other parts of the organism but also serves as the transmitter of various substances. Through the membrane the active withdrawal of harmful by-products of vital cellular activity is carried out. Many cells of the brain have a double membrane and not every chemical substance can penetrate into the nervous system. Physicians, who are well informed about these processes, invented a special way for the introduction of medicinal substances directly into the nervous system - subarachnoid way. Some substances get into the brain only by means of their direct injection into nervous cells. What is it that prevents getting substances into the nervous system? It is the double protective membrane that does it. The protection mechanism of the brain from chemical substances is called a "blood-brain barrier".

Tyrosine easily gets through this protective filter in the brain and turns into chemical elements  that help to increase brain activity - dopamine and norepinephrine.

When you suddenly feel confused, helpless or depressed,  it should serve as an indicator of deficiency of these elements in your brain.

Meat, fish, an egg yolk, porridge, peanuts and soy products contain a nutritious element called choline which also freely penetrates through the blood-brain barrier. Choline is the chemical predecessor of the neurotransmitter of the brain - acetylcholine which plays an important role in the development of memory. 

Dinner

It is obvious that before we go to sleep there is no need to stimulate our brain. If you include food with brain stimulating elements in your dinner it would definitely affect the quality of your sleep and eventually you may develop a sleep disorder. Try not eat food like tender steak or fish for dinner but rather have it replaced with carbohydrates. Carbohydrates help your brain release serotonin which calms your brain and is required for proper rest.

Is it good for you to eat dairy products before sleep? The answer is - no. A small glass of weak tea with oat cookies or a roll with jam would be good. Pasteurized dairy products contain Welch's bacilli and various putrefactive microorganisms that may cause diarrhea.

According to some scientists the influence of carbohydrates on the brain is much deeper than we think. Tryptophan acts not only as a somnolent, but also as a painkiller. (Tryptophan is able to get through the blood-brain barrier and turn into serotonin).

Many of us eat sweets, unconsciously trying to improve the state of our health. Especially in the fall when it is not unusual to have a seasonal depression which often characterized in the need for longer sleep.

The hormone melatonin, secreted by the pineal gland, regulates the cyclic rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. When days are shorter in the fall and the winter the pineal gland secretes more of this hormone which leads to the increased secretion of serotonin. As you can see the nature itself regulates the amount of calming elements in the brain, therefore you do not need to eat sweets in order to calm down.

What is the recommended amount of sweets per day? Only about 1.8 grams of carbohydrates help to produce enough of the tranquilizing effect of serotonin in the brain. A bigger amount will cause the increase of your weight rather than calmness.

Is it necessary to observe a diet, or is it necessary to always eat at a certain time? These questions may seem strange  to most of us who have been trained to eat at a certain time since we were children. Even at work we always have lunch at the same time every day. What is the result of the often repeated action? It becomes a habit. The gastric juice starts to secrete at a certain time causing a false feeling of hunger. And what if you are not able to eat at your regular time? The gastric juice will secrete anyway causing erosion of the paries of your stomach. This is one of the main reasons for gastritis and gastric ulcer. It is difficult to concentrate on anything if you have a stomachache. Also if you are used to eating at a certain time then try not to miss it.

It is known that the speed of movement of nervous impulses along the axon (a nervous fiber) depends on the thickness of the myelin cover - the white substance of the brain covering the cell from the outside. Fresh fish contains an amino acid which is a part of neurospecific protein S-100. This protein is found in membranes, cytoplasm and cell nucleus. It is proven that in intensive training of laboratory rats the amount of this protein sharply increases in the hippocampus which results in the blockade of the synthesis of protein S-100 and leads to the shutdown of the mechanism of synaptic plasticity. It means that new connections are formed extremely slowly and the animal is poorly trained. This protein is a part of the myelin cover. The thicker it is the better the impulse "flies" along the nervous fiber resulting in quicker reaction and the speed of thinking.

In recent years a lot of literature on proper nourishment has appeared. And we already know what food is harmful to the heart and what we should not eat for the prevention of cancer. Now, sitting down at the table, you should think about the influence of food on the activity of the brain, especially if you have decided to take to GMS Course.

Note for Smokers

Smokers are known to want to sleep in the afternoon. In fact they do not want to sleep but rather to lie down for their muscles are devoid of oxygen and have a hard time keeping the body in a vertical position let alone going somewhere.  If a person sleeps in the afternoon he will have a hard time falling asleep at night. This disorder in the cycle of sleep/wakefulness is one of the most dangerous to your organism and can develop into the disease called dissynchronism. We will discuss it later in more detail.

If you smoke you deprive yourself of ENERGY and not some abstract energy but real energy needed every minute of your life - OXYGEN. Oxygen is the most important to our organism. Without food one can live for about 40 days, without water - 2 weeks, without sleep - 13 days, and without oxygen - around 2 minutes.

The organ that is most sensitive to the lack of oxygen is the brain. If the brain is deprived of blood for only a few seconds the person loses consciousness. Thus a smoker constantly deprives himself of oxygen and remains in a semi-conscious condition. Beware of the drivers that smoke for there is a lot of them out there on the road. We all know that drinking and driving is a serious crime but has anyone ever considered the number of accidents caused by smoking and driving?

This site is about memory and memorizing. Is it possible to memorize and be a smoker at the same time? Of course it is. But the problem is that many smokers DOES NOT WANT to memorize or read.

Smoking excites our brain and the paralytic muscle reaction is often confused with the calming effect of tobacco. Curare (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles) calms even better - it will completely paralyze all muscles in the organism. Cigarettes do not calm - they excite our brain and at the same time reduce its motional activity. Due to this paradoxical effect of tobacco many creative people tend to smoke. On one hand the brain gets excited but the other – the muscles are paralyzed and you no longer want to get off your chair. An ideal combination for a creative person who decided to write a new book!

But what does this over excitation of the brain lead to? It leads to the increased instability of attention. And the instability of attention is the main enemy of reading and memorizing. The increased activation of the brain also leads to heart failure, high or low blood pressure as well as shortness of breath. I do not talk about the ischemic illness of the heart related to oxygen starvation of the cardiac muscle which works without interruption and requires plenty of oxygen. For a smoker the frequency of heartbeat increases meaning that the heart will develop the pattern of one and a half - two times more quickly, than it is necessary.

If you do not want to read a book or if you are down and don't feel like memorizing anything then you can blame your smoking habit which affects stability of your attention. The world champions in mnemonics not only do not smoke but also use certain plants that contain elements calming to the brain and improving its blood supply which increases their attention stability.

Just follow the surgeons' warning found on every cigarette pack and quit the destructing habit.

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    The theory and the scientific testing behind Giordano Memorization System

     All the memory techniques used in Giordano Memorization System described

You have an amazing memory! They just never taught you how to use it.

The simple truth is that learning how to use your memory is much like learning how to read for the first time. Just imagine, if you never learned how to read you wouldn't understand anything from a written book! This sentence would not mean anything to you. A person that was taught how to read is really no different than a person that didn't learn it. No children are born knowing how to read, it is only a skill that you learn and train in school. It's the same with memory. Although it may look like a mystery when someone can memorize an entire book by heart, it's just about the know-how and practical training. It's a shame they don't teach you this in school, because every 6-year old would be able to grasp the principles of memory instantly.

We'll look at two basic techniques. If you want to learn more, every single efficient memory technique available today is described in the free manual availible at the bottom of this page.

How memory works

Memory is all about forming connections in your head. It's a relatively easy concept to grasp. Think about the shoes you wore today. Your brain will be able to go down endless paths of of memories trough connections. Where did you buy them? Did anything special happen when you had these shoes on? How do they compare to the other shoes you have owned? Who was with you in the situations you remember? Do you remember something about this person?

You can then branch out in any direction from there, memories will just appear in your head. It is the natural flow of how the brain works. We will use this to our advantage!

Technique 1: The “Chain” Method

In this first technique you will use your imagination to connect images in pairs. When you imagine the objects, try to keep them about the same size.

We'll remember a small sequence of images. Safe, Candle, Hammer, Rolling chair, Video camera, chair. Allow about 6 seconds to form a connection between two images.

With this method a shopping list could be remembered fast and accurately. See if you can remember 30 random words. You will be amazed about how natural this feels to your brain, and how easy it is.

In the free manual you can read about the uses of this technique, and why we don't use long sequences of these images because they will be deconstructed with time. If you want to store memories for a longer time, other methods are used.

Technique 2: The “Russian Doll” Method

When you memorize an image sequence using the “Russian Doll” method, the images are inserted into each other, like in the famous Russian doll.

Relative sizes of the connected images in every pair: big + small.

In reality, a small image (imagined largely) and a part of big image (large in imagination) are connected.

Each memorized element remains free and more images (medium-sized) can be written on it later on;

Memorization of an image sequence using the ”Russian Doll” method stabilizes images in the imagination when they are remembered. The next picture will not appear in your imagination unless you intentionally zoom in on a part of the first image.

You can learn how to improve your memory today!

Memory shouldn't be a mystery to you anymore. It's just a very useful skill. It's important to remember that the techniques are only a piece of the puzzle of a complete memory skill. If we compare it to learning how to read, you could say that the techniques are the alphabet of amazing memory. You need to learn when to use them, and how to use them. This must be trained so it is not something that you are thinking about, but something that comes natural to you. Just imagine the face of your friends when you can remember entire books, numbers hundreds of digits long and the names of everyone you meet.

Check out our FREE memory manual and you can read about all the other efficient techniques, how to build a solid memory skill and about the GMS system.

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Your mind is a sleeping giant! Every single person has a brain that is capable of astonishing feats. This article will take you trough the theory of memory  in GMS®

Learning how to learn, un-learn and re-learn has become vitally important. Just ten years ago people did not suffer from the same information overload that they experience today. The illiterate of this century aren't really the ones who can't read and write, but the ones who can't use their mind effectively.

The only thing that separates an average memory from a memory that can memorize an entire book can easily be summed up in one sentence. It's all about technique and a trained skill of using your memory effectively. You can not get a super memory from just reading a book, as some memory 'experts' would have you to believe. That would be the same as to expect bulking up after reading a book about bodybuilding. You need practical training with effective techniques, and a system to put them all together.

The “Giordano Memorization System®’” (GMS®) use a very specific memory model. This article will give you an introduction to how this model is built up. If you want more detailed information on this subject you can download a free “GMS Manual”.

The GMS® model of memory is very different from memory models you might have read about in common psychological literature.

The Memory Process

«Memory» process is one of the vital mental processes of the brain, responsible for formation and preservation of connections between nerve cells.

At first it may seem difficult to get used to the idea that memory is a connection

Example 1- At the hospital a doctor uses a tendon hammer on the patellar tendon to check the reflexes of the quadriceps muscle, and the quadriceps is contracted reflectively. The unconditioned reflex works just as well as the connection genetically incorporated in the brain. This connection is memory.

Checking for reflexes with a tendon hammer

Example 2- You come home and see a guitar in your hallway. If you have met the owner previously and seen him with the guitar, your mind instantly lets you know who came over to visit you. The stimulus of seeing the "guitar" causes a complete image of the person whom you have previously seen playing this guitar. The connection between the image of a guitar and the image of this person amounts to your memory. GMS® allocates and uses two kinds of memory.

The brain will form a complete image from the original stimulus.

Memorization

Memorization is a complex process of building a system of connections in the brain. This process is based on interaction of several mental processes such as memory, attention, thinking, sensation, and representation.

GMS® divides "memory" and "memorization". Efficiency of memorization depends not only on memory. If one of the mental processes (thinking, attention, representation) is disturbed then memorization becomes impossible even if the «memory» process is operable.

There are three kinds of memorization:

Unintentional memorization

Just walking down the street, your brain will automatically be busy recording connections between images. You don't need to put in any concious effort for memorization as your eyes observe previously connected images. The perception of images with the same or similar contour is a signal for engaging the «memory» process. Something that is called "cognitive maps" in psychology is created in the brain automatically, during natural, unintentional memorization.

Intentional memorization

Some information can't be remembered spontaneously. Looking at a page in a technically complex book, it is impossible to reproduce reproduce the content on that page word for word from memory. You need to read it trough. When you purposely pay attention to information it is called intentional memorization.

When we read - images appear in our head (mental motion pictures). Images arise and combine spontaneously in our imagination. When that happens, just like in the case of unintentional memorization, our brain remembers connections between images. When we want to retell the story from the page we have read, we recollect pictures and describe them using words. Therefore, retelling the text we have read is always approximate.

If words of the text did not evoke visual patterns in our imagination, like a list of random numbers, we could neither understand, nor memorize the text. The process of transforming words into images is - understanding

Over-Intentional Memorization (Meta-memory)

Texts are measured by their complexity. There are texts which contain a lot of exact information i.e. numbers, last names, titles, terms, formulations, formulas, etc.. When we read such a text our imagination "stumbles" on the exact information because the exact information is not transformed into images. Compare: there is a pencil on the table. Or: to insert suppositories through rectum. The information that the brain could not transform into images automatically is "cut out" from the memory.

When memorizing such texts it is necessary to use over-intentional memorization. This is a kind of memorization where the process of memorizing is completely controlled. When reading a complex text one has to pause at the parts that contain exact information, and purposely remember the sequence of paragraphs in the text and exact data in each paragraph with the help of GMS® methods. A figurative abstract of the text will be created in the brain, which allows to reproduce the text not word for word but very exact, without losing any names, titles, terms or numerical data.

It is not the methods of memorizing that are artificial, but rather, that memorized information which has not been adapted by the brain. GMS® allows one to efficiently code information that cannot be memorized to the brains language.

Storing abilities of an ordinary person lie somewhere in the middle - between intentional and over-intentional memorization. Why in the middle? The reason is because each person tries to invent his or her own memorizing techniques when faced with the necessity to remember something that the brain is not able to.

Inertness of analyzer systems

Let's take visual and auditory analyzers as an example. Analyzer systems of the brain possess inertness. Very often inertness of analyzer systems is mistaken for a memory. Psychologists tend to call it "iconic" or a "short-term" memory which is misleading. In fact, the «memory» process is a formation of connections while in analyzer systems no connections are made.

If we look at a telephone number written on a piece of paper we will continue to see these numbers in our imagination for some time. However, they are not kept in our brain permanently and will be forgotten in a matter of minutes.

If we look at a picture where some images have the same common contour that picture will remain in our memory. In this case, not only does the inertness of the systems of analyzers work but also engages the memory process with respect to the connected images.

Inertness of the visual analyzer is well observed in a dark room. When your eyes get used to the dark bring your palm to your face and for an instant light a spark of a lighter. The consecutive image will appear approximately in one second and will last for about five seconds. You will literally see the palm.

If we hear a number we can easily repeat the last couple digits. This is a demonstration of inertness of the acoustic analyzer. But these figures do not get into memory for just after a minute we are unable to recall them.

But if we hear a sentence "Blue plate is on the white cup of milk" then memory instantly connects to the inertness of the acoustic analyzer. Words cause a combination of images in our imagination. The connections between images are fixed by the «memory» process. We will be able to recollect this sentence the next day and even in a month.

Inertness of analyzers systems is based on the phenomenon of slow synaptic transmission. When the nerve cell receives stimulus it discards special "slow" neuromediators which continue to stimulate the next nerve cell for some time in spite of the fact that the stimulus is not there anymore.

Inertness of the analyzers systems is often mixed up with memory

As connections in the analyzers systems are not formed inertness of these systems cannot be classified as memory. It is exactly inertness - a temporary delay of stimulus.

Nevertheless, inertness of the analyzers systems is mostly used for "memorizing". By consciously repeating numbers or drawing them in the imagination, one can keep the information in the analyzers system for the time sufficient to find a pencil and a notebook.

It is possible to use inertness of visual and auditory analyzers simultaneously. A simple trick with "memory" is based on this (disclosed with permission of Oleg Stepanov). Simultaneous use of the two analyzers allows an exactly two-time increase in the volume of temporarily kept information. Instead of seven figures it is possible to remember fourteen temporarily. Write fourteen figures on a sheet of paper. Keep seven of them in the visual analyzer and pronounce the other seven to keep them in the auditory analyzer.

People will get an illusion of instant memorizing. Unmasking such a conjurer is very easy. After “instant memorizing" you may offer him or her to solve some addition problems. After that he or she will not be able to recollect the digits that were "instantly remembered".

Let's leave inertness of the analyzers systems to people with thick notebooks and return to memory.

Two-component model of memory

The theory of memory in GMS® emphasizes two kinds of memory - two "memory" processes.

Unlike official psychology which divides memory into short-term and long-term, in GMS® memory is divided into two kinds by the WAY CONNECTIONS are formed. Concepts "short-term memory" and "long-term memory" are not used in GMS®.

The first kind of memory - reflex connections

This type of connections is well studied and described in variety of textbooks. It is known that reflex connections can be unconditional (congenital) and conditional (developed during a lifetime).

When we touch a hot iron our hand is spontaneously drawn aside. This is an example of an unconditional reflex.

When we hear a word "star" we imagine an image of a star. This is a conditional reflex formed in the brain during a learning process.

Reflex connections physically exist in the brain in the form of a synapse zone - the area of chemical transfer of an impulse from one nerve cell to another. It is impossible to classify reflex memory only by presence of synaptic connections. In fact, all nerve cells in the brain have such connections. Synaptic connections between nerve cells of different systems of analyzers that are created in special associative zones of the brain and where all systems of analyzers have their "representations" concern reflex memory.

In associative zones of the brain - connections between different analyzers systems are created

In order to form a reflex connection, processes of nerve cells should be very close, about 50 Angstrom units, and should work periodically within several days.

Reflex connection is uncontrollable - the impulse goes through a nerve cell in one direction.

Reflex connections can be like a chain - one stimulus can start a long sequence of reactions. Such chains of connections are created between intercalary neurons (usually reflex arch includes intermediate nerve cells). The sequence of reactions can "be played" in the imagination - on an idea-motor level or can realized physically with the help of muscles. Internal or simple speech can serve as an example of such consecutive reactions.

One more important feature of the reflex connections chains is that they always aspire to the end. If the program has started a person cannot stop it. For example, it is difficult for a professional typist to suddenly stop typing - she needs to finish typing the sentence. A vivid example of anticipation is speech automatisms when ,having seen or heard the beginning of a phrase, the brain reproduces the entire phrase “roses are red, violets are blue” by itself. The phenomenon of anticipation is used in GMS®, for example, for memorizing phrases of a foreign language.

The second kind of memory - electric (resonant) connections

This kind of memory is not described in psychology. Therefore, in the "Giordano Memorization System” it is named “electric memory”.

Neurophysiologists have studied this kind of memory for a long time but still cannot formulate it. They make an assumption that the information can be kept in a constant, not fading, electric potential on a neurons' membrane. The error is connected with the difficulty of understanding what information is for our brain.

The information for a brain is a consecutive connection of several simple elements. A change in a sequence of connections leads to a change of information (in habitual sense of this word).

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The sense of memorization lies in memorizing connections between elements.

The information is not kept in electric activity of nerve cells. The information is kept in invisible resonant connection between nerve cells. An example of such a connection can be invisible resonant connection between two identical tuning forks or between two strings which have been tuned to play the same note.

Electric memory - A process of synchronization of electric activity in a group of simultaneously working nerve cells.

Resonant and reflex connections are very different. Reflex connections are an executive system of the brain. The system of such connections are our consciousness and sub-consciousness. Electric connections - are our thinking and imagination. They are "filters" which analyze entrance impulses before the muscular reaction.

GMS® allows to determine experimentally time characteristics of electric memory and also describes its functioning. And, the most important part is that GMS® allows to operate the process of creating such connections.

Connection is formed very quickly - it is enough to keep two connected images in imagination for a couple seconds. The standard time - 6 seconds, the world record - 0,65 sec (Andy Bell, memorizing 52 playing cards).

Natural memorization of speech, texts and all that you see is based on this kind of memory. Memorization in GMS® is different only because images incorporate into imagination in a very special way and according to certain rules.

The connection, once created in a brain, is kept for approximately 40 minutes.

If the connection activates (perceived repeatedly or referred to in imagination) it can be kept in the brain for life. Thus, electric memory is both short-term (40 minutes) and long-term at the same time.

It is possible to form many connections with only one image but the last one which “rubs off” the previous connections will always be recalled. The connections that are "wiped out" are kept in the brain and can be reproduced when reminded of (latent training).

The technique of memorizing in GMS® is constructed in a way that it allows to remember the information with iterative (repetitive) elements. For example, one number 13 (the same image) can easily be remembered a thousand times. Apparently, in all the cases the connection with this number will be the last i.e. it will be easy to remember it consciously without any help.

The main difference between electric connections and reflex ones consists that electric connections are not unidirectional. If you have created a sheaf of multiple images in your imagination (have looked at the cat consisting of a muzzle, eyes, ears, a tail, paws etc.) any image can become a stimulus of this sheaf. The reaction to that will always be an occurrence of a complete image in the array of all images connected earlier. It is enough to see just the tail and the imagination will paint in a complete image of a cat.

This kind of connection explains the mechanism by which the brain creates associations. There were some attempts, unsuccessful however, made by Hartly and Sechenov (Yaroshesky, The History of Psychology) to explain the mechanism of forming associations.

Memory will not remember the first picture; it will remember the second one though. Memory reacts to the common contour

A person can manipulate images in his or her imagination and connect them thus, consciously turning on the "memory" process - the process of forming a connection between images with a common contour

It is enough for psychology to have basic schemes (models) and understanding of an essence of the phenomenon with its experimental proof. Therefore, detailed neurophysiologic description of the given kind of memory we will leave to neurophysiologists, to physicists and mathematicians.

The model of memory in GMS® looks very simple:

This is a general description of these types of memory. Apparently, different types of memory can cooperate with each other. The model does not consider those kinds of memory which have not been connected with cognitive processes - for example, genetic memory.

To check the time characteristics of electric memory is very simple. In GMS® it is done by registering the volume of the remembered information, time of memorizing and number of errors. For example, when memorizing numbers numbers they are transformed into images and incorporated into a sequence of basic (stimulating) images prepared in advance. Use of a cogitative operation "Connection of images" allows us to remember tens and hundreds of images after seeing them just once. Any information (numbers, terms, names, titles, etc.) can be coded into visual images.

If a person is not trained in GMS® (is not able to memorize), it is possible to check the mechanism of how the formation of a connection between the connected images occurs by consecutively showing pictures on the screen where two images have a common contour. In this case connections will be remembered by the brain automatically.

It is absolutely unessential, that connections are unusual. The brain will remember any connections

For scanning memory - reading connections - it is necessary to show one of the pictures of a pair. The brain will reproduce the other picture (a person will recollect the second picture of the pair).

The principle of work of memory "Stimulus - reaction" seems quite obvious

The formation of reflex connections in the brain is checked according to speed of recognition. For example - the speed of coding numbers into images should be about 0,5 seconds when figurative codes for numbers are learned. Numbers are shown in a random order.

Subjectively reflex connections of numbers with images are expressed when you look through a series of two-digit numbers, the visual images that correspond to these numbers are generated in the imagination spontaneously. It is very similar to the way we understand words of our native language (a spoon - an image of "spoon", 35 - an image of "cube").

Understanding is a process of transformation of a text (speech) into a combination of visual images in the imagination.

The development of visual thinking (imagination) automatically develops the function of understanding a text information.

You can find detailed information about this subject and glossary in the "GMS® Manual".

As a result, it is difficult to call our brain “a recording device”. The brain remembers neither images nor words. The brain cannot remember anything except connections which are the basis for creating (generating) words, images, etc. The function of exact memorization can be emulated in a brain with the help of GMS®. Normally, without any special training, the brain cannot and should not remember what we are used to call "information" (telephone numbers, historical dates, lists, complex texts etc.)

Memory always works "on recognition" as a reaction to stimulus. Active reproduction of the information (without hints) is possible only after special training of the memorization technique - when the system of internal stimulation (system of support images) is created in the brain .

Characteristics of electric memory are obtained through empirically and should be specified during specially organized experiments.

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• "Mnemotechnology - The secrets Of Supermemory" (2000), M.A.Ziganov, V.A.Kozarenko
• "The Memorization Of Foreign Words" (2001), M.A.Ziganov, V.A.Kozarenko, A.N.Semin
• "Textbook Of Mnemotechnology" (2002), V.A.Kozarenko
• "Mnemotechnology:  step by step" (2002).

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Mnemonics is a memory aid, and they usually serve an educational purpose. If you want to remember the names and order of the planets in the solar system, you could go like this:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
My Very Easy Method-Just Set Up Nine Planets (The first letter of each word gives you the first letter of the old list of planets, in order)

They can be useful in the short therm, but unfortunately the technique is hopelessly old and inefficent. Mnemonics are quite popular in some professions and most medicine students have been using mnemonics troughout their education.  They have been around for ages, and were first described in Cicero's De Oratore. Mnemonics are most often verbal, a list of words that are easy to memorize or a short poem. Associations between these easy to remember words will help you to remember your list because the human mind more easily remembers data attached to personal, spatial or otherwise meaningful information rather than information in a meaningless order.

With the new techniques availible today, they can not be seen as a very efficent way of memorizing. Check this free manual for far better and more advanced methods than mnemonics.