Method of loci in practice

You’re sure to remember every corner of your childhood home and most of the furniture. Similarly, you’ll be able to navigate a big city quite effortlessly after a couple of weeks at the latest, unless you’re hopeless with directions. Familiar places are quickly memorized.

The method of loci is based on our ability to effectively remember places and routes, and the concrete and emotional events that take place there. Those who have witnessed a traffic accident know, how vividly the event is etche