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Terme préférentiel

method of loci  

Définition(s)

  • A mnemonic aid, whose discovery is attributed to the poet Simonides of Ceos (556–468/467 BC), which consists of mentally associating items with different locations on a route and then mentally going through this route to recall them.

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Synonyme(s)

  • loci method
  • loci mnemonics
  • memory palace
  • mental walk technique
  • MoL
  • palace of memory

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Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • Blunt, J. R., & VanArsdall, J. E. (2021). Animacy and animate imagery improve retention in the method of loci among novice users. Memory & Cognition, 49(7), 1360‑1369. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01175-0

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Twomey, C., & Kroneisen, M. (2021). The effectiveness of the loci method as a mnemonic device: Meta-analysis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(8), 1317-1326. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021821993457

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Wagner, I. C., Konrad, B. N., Schuster, P., Weisig, S., Repantis, D., Ohla, K., Kühn, S., Fernández, G., Steiger, A., Lamm, C., Czisch, M., & Dresler, M. (2021). Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci. Science Advances, 7(10), eabc7606. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc7606

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Yates, F. (1966). The art of memory. Routledge

    [Study type: historical study / Access: closed]
  • • Yates, F. A. (1966/2022). L’art de la mémoire (D. Arasse, Trad.). Folio Gallimard

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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