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the Wiktionary page on this word http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locus#Latin cites it as being an irregular second declension, being both masculine and neuter at times. The neuter meaning typically refers to large interconnected spaces, a la regions, while the masculine plural meaning would be more akin to the adjoining rooms of a manor. Now, I personally don't care, and I'm sure we can't cite Wiktionary as a source, so if someone can find a source that confirms this tidbit of pedantry, please put it up, otherwise I feel it should be removed, as it adds nothing to the article. -- 74.106.13.102 ( talk) 21:27, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I haven't seen any research studies which is surprising given the web and contemporary interest in mental developement. Anyone able to add some links? Wblakesx ( talk) 04:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)wblakesx
Where's the reference to "Luria (1969)"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.161.174 ( talk) 14:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I am doing a project on the Loci Method and I would like a picture? {Rebecca Torres Febuary 24,2007}
I remember reading or watching something where a person used the Periodic Table of Elements and associated objects or words to specific elements or their given atomic weight (the entire table was memorized forehand). Say someone needs to remember a telephone number or address, they just associat the numbers to the element weight. Ex. Fluorine Hydrogen Hydrogen would be “911”.
-G
I am rather disappointed that teh Artof memory has een reduced to the Method of Loci, which is clearly one element of it. We also have visual alphabets, etc, etc. I feel we need a separate art of memory page with a section on the psychology page, and with a method Loci section linking to this as the main article. What do otehrs think? Harrypotter 08:18, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I am copying the below info from the talk page of Mnemonic room system as I am in the process of redirected it. -- AbsolutDan (talk) 00:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Is this the same as the LOCI method? Aliby22 21:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The title for this article is obscure and imprecise. The Art of Memory is a well known group of techniques. "Method of loci" on the other hand is a particularly clumsy way of referring to one aspect of the artificial memory and takes no account of other methods nor of the natural memory, which is properly the basis for the artificial memory. Can anyone explain why this title has been chosen? It seems indefensible. -- Picatrix ( talk) 01:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I have not gotten any reply to my previous posting. Because the "Method of Loci" is only one aspect of the art, I have removed the redirect to method of loci and posted a basic article on the Art of Memory. I plan to improve and expand it over the coming weeks. -- Picatrix ( talk) 12:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
The 'Method of loci' article now seems to be redundant when compared with the more inclusive 'Art of memory' article. It has been suggested that this article be merged into the Art of memory article. It appears this process is more or less complete. Before removing/redirecting this article I wanted to check with other editors to see if any object, and if so, why. -- Picatrix ( talk) 12:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm not particularly fond of the 'Method of Loci' designation as "method" is simply the word favored today for the same thing "ars" was used to indicate in the past, and because it seems that most mnemonic techniques in use rely in some fashion on spatial relationships. However, there is probably some justification for maintaining a separate article with a 'psychological' (or neurological) focus. If 'MoL' is the term favored in the academic literature I suppose we're stuck with it. That said, this article is primarily about techniques from the art of memory which have been retrospectively dubbed 'MoL'. If this is going to stand as a separate article, my vote would be to rewrite it to reflect modern psychological and neurobiological studies of the role of space in memory. The paper you provided a link for is a good example of precisely the kind of material that should provide a basis for this article (as well as things like Luria's Mind of a Mnemonist, etc.). I'm not qualified to write such an article from this perspective - though I could help. If you feel up for it, I think that this article should be taken in this direction. If you are one of the authors of the study you provided a link to I would be interested in asking you some questions about research into brain regions associated spatial orientation and navigation among animals and whether or not any such research might have been cross-referenced with similar research on human subjects. -- Picatrix ( talk) 13:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Ben Pridmore's record time cited on this page (26.28 sec) does not coincide with the time cited on his page or the "Eidetic Memory" article's page (24.68 sec). Anyone working on this article might wish to update this. ---S.Reemas, 1/26/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.85.229 ( talk) 01:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Method of Loci ('method of places') is a term used to describe mnemonic techniques that rely on spatial relationships. This descriptive term is most often used as a variant designator for what is otherwise (and more commonly) referred to as the "art (or arts) of memory" (Yates) or more specifically the "architectural mnemonic" (Carruthers). This term is most commonly found in contemporary works on psychology, where it is more or less interchangeable with "art of memory". For example:
method of loci A mnemonic strategy (memory aid) in which the items to be remembered are converted into mental images and associated with specific positions or locations; for example, to remember the name of each person sitting around a table, the table might be envisioned as a clock and the faces of each person associated with an hour position and the hour to a name. This method was used by orators during the Roman Empire. [Raymond J. Corsini, The Dictionary of Psychology, Psychology Press, 1999, p592]
However, there is evidence that, with training, at least some age deficits can be overcome. One method is to train older people in the method of loci technique. This involves memorising a series of mental pictures of familiar scenes, such as the rooms in one's house. Each TBR item is mentally placed in a scene, and then the list is recalled by making the imaginary journey, recalling what was stored in each picture." [Ian Stuart-Hamilton, The Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000, p95]
Visual imagery is the basis for a well-known mnemonic technique called the method of loci (Yates, 1966). This was known to Greek and Roman orators and can be found in many self-help books on how to improve your memory. [Colin Ware, Information Visualization: Perception For Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 p369]
Loftus cites the foundation story of Simonides (more or less taken from Yates, 1966) and describes some of the most basic aspects of the use of space in the art of memory. She states, "This particular mnemonic technique has come to be called the "method of loci". [Elizabeth F. Loftus, Human Memory: The Processing of Information, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1976, p65] Referring to mnemonic methods, Verlee Williams mentions, "One such strategy is the "loci" method, which was developed by Simonedes, a Greek poet of the fifth an sixth centuries BC" [Linda Verlee Williams, Teaching For The Two-Sided Mind: A Guide to Right Brain/Left Brain Education, Simon & Schuster, 1986, p110]
This use of this term predates its current appearances in more or less contemporary psychology. For example, in a discussion of "topical memory" (yet another designator) published in 1835, Alexander Jamieson mentions that "memorial lines, or verses, are more useful than the method of loci." [Alexander Jamieson, A Grammar of Logic and Intellectual Philosophy, A. H. Maltby, 1835, p112]
This term can be misleading: the ancient principles and techniques of the art of memory, hastily mentioned in some of the citations above, depended equally upon images and places. The designator "method of loci" does not convey the equal weight placed on both elements. In any case, the art of arts of memory as a whole, as practiced in classical antiquity, are far more inclusive and comprehensive in their treatment of this subject.
This article should be rewritten to emphasize the "method of loci" as a particular designator in psychology, and should include a link to "art of memory" as a primary article. Focus here should be on study of the use of locations and images in psychology and neurobiology. Until such an article is available, I propose either: A. redirecting to Art of memory or B. placing a few short placeholder paragraphs about the term and its relation to the art of memory, and clearly stating that this term is most current in psychology and neurobiology, while the Art of memory article is the main resource for this information. The issue here is, fundamentally, how to organize the content here within Wikipedia. As the fullest treatment exists in the Art of memory article, and as that article treats the subject of ancient mnemonic practice as a whole, and the so-called "method of loci" more fully than it is dealt with here, it should be the primary article. At present this article is a mishmash of old disconnected snippets, which are in any case redundant when compared to the Art of memory article. -- Picatrix ( talk) 11:56, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
How would cutting this page down to a redirect involve "new articles"? As for my changing my mind about the importance of Method of Loci as a separate conceptual category, dealing with issues that are distinct from those that might be covered in the art of memory article (such as the the role of the hippocampus in spatial mnemonics), I reserve the right to change my mind whenever I like, given that it is a concomitant of learning new things. When I brought up the very issue that MoL seemed to be used interchangeably with AoM another editor pointed out the use of the term in psychology (as you can read above). After he or she pointed this out I looked into it. It seemed to me after doing so that MoL warranted a separate article. That said, content issues are something else. If you feel that using the same text as a summary in AoM in the MoL section is wrong I'm happy to change it. I can rewrite it, I can summarize it more briefly, etc. If you really want to cut this article down to a redirect I suppose we can do that also, but I would check with the other editor to see what his or her feelings are. In any case we've got a technical term in use in psychology to refer to the architectural mnemonic, which is only one part of the art of memory (graphical mnemonic, textual mnemonic, etc.). The MoL is not AoM. One technique used in the art or arts, which is what the MoL deals with, is not synonymous or interchangeable with the art of memory as a whole. Please make concrete suggestions and I'll be happy to accommodate you as best I can. -- Picatrix ( talk) 15:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
While I found the subject matter of this article intriguing, reading through the body of its contents was extremely tedious and unneccessarily redundant. A good example would be these statements in the third passage of the lead:
- Steven M. Kosslyn remarks "[t]his insight led to the development of a technique the Greeks called the method of loci, which is a systematic way of improving one's memory by using imagery."
- Skoyles and Sagan indicate that "an ancient technique of memorization called Method of Loci, by which memories are referenced directly onto spatial maps" originated with the story of Simonides.
- ...Verlee Williams mentions, "One such strategy is the 'loci' method, which was developed by Simonides, a Greek poet of the fifth and sixth centuries BC"
- Loftus cites the foundation story of Simonides (more or less taken from Frances Yates) and describes some of the most basic aspects of the use of space in the art of memory. She states, "This particular mnemonic technique has come to be called the "method of loci".
Each of these statements is more or less saying the same thing.
This article desperately needs the attention of someone who is well versed in the material because, as it's presented right now (after removing all the redundant hoobajoo), it appears to be better served as just a section in the broader subject of
memorization techniques.
-
K10wnsta (
talk)
20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
The opening paragraph talks about history. I think it should talk about what the method actually is, and leave history for later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.96.133 ( talk) 04:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This section has an overall tone of strong support for the work of "Mark Sadler" and for the method of loci itself. Specific examples include:
The section is also sorely lacking in citations. Furthermore, when cited, it is insufficient and un-wikified:
I opine that the editorial tone, the lack of citations, and the errors in citation style, grammar, and spelling are inextricable from the current state of the section (and perhaps the article); a full rewrite may be necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achlysis ( talk • contribs) 23:45, 24 June 2012
Memory Theaters, derived from loci-based memory arts, have been a subject of renewed research within the last decade. Examples include the text by German aesthetician Peter Matussek: http://www.peter-matussek.de/Pub/A_38.html as well as the 2011 conference held in the Netherlands "Camillo 2.0", referenced at http://www.psi17.org/page/memory-theatre and elsewhere on the web.
Robert Edgar rbedgar@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.240.66 ( talk) 01:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
The section that reads,
In Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris, a detailed description of Hannibal Lector's memory palace is provided.[33][34]
is wrong. It's actually 'Hannibal'. 'Hannibal Rising' barely gets into the memory palace, and the SciAmerican link even quotes from 'Hannibal'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.158.85 ( talk) 21:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
The person who "has used the method of loci to memorise pi to over 65,536 digits" is an anonymous subject in the article cited for that statement. The name Gary Shang was added to Wikipedia by an anonymous editor in 2013: [ [1]] Is there any evidence dating from before this edit that this is the individual's name? 129.49.100.61 ( talk) 20:45, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm an occasional Wikipedia editor and last year I wrote a book on Memory Palaces and the Method of Loci ("Advanced Memory Palaces") - obviously this means I have a COI for editing this page, *but* if any editor wants to make use of the references I collected they are very welcome to contact me and I'll send over a pdf of my work or scans of other relevant books in my library. Also quite happy to release some of the my content under the relevant licences and so on.
Joe ( talk) 15:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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the Wiktionary page on this word http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locus#Latin cites it as being an irregular second declension, being both masculine and neuter at times. The neuter meaning typically refers to large interconnected spaces, a la regions, while the masculine plural meaning would be more akin to the adjoining rooms of a manor. Now, I personally don't care, and I'm sure we can't cite Wiktionary as a source, so if someone can find a source that confirms this tidbit of pedantry, please put it up, otherwise I feel it should be removed, as it adds nothing to the article. -- 74.106.13.102 ( talk) 21:27, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I haven't seen any research studies which is surprising given the web and contemporary interest in mental developement. Anyone able to add some links? Wblakesx ( talk) 04:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)wblakesx
Where's the reference to "Luria (1969)"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.161.174 ( talk) 14:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I am doing a project on the Loci Method and I would like a picture? {Rebecca Torres Febuary 24,2007}
I remember reading or watching something where a person used the Periodic Table of Elements and associated objects or words to specific elements or their given atomic weight (the entire table was memorized forehand). Say someone needs to remember a telephone number or address, they just associat the numbers to the element weight. Ex. Fluorine Hydrogen Hydrogen would be “911”.
-G
I am rather disappointed that teh Artof memory has een reduced to the Method of Loci, which is clearly one element of it. We also have visual alphabets, etc, etc. I feel we need a separate art of memory page with a section on the psychology page, and with a method Loci section linking to this as the main article. What do otehrs think? Harrypotter 08:18, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I am copying the below info from the talk page of Mnemonic room system as I am in the process of redirected it. -- AbsolutDan (talk) 00:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Is this the same as the LOCI method? Aliby22 21:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The title for this article is obscure and imprecise. The Art of Memory is a well known group of techniques. "Method of loci" on the other hand is a particularly clumsy way of referring to one aspect of the artificial memory and takes no account of other methods nor of the natural memory, which is properly the basis for the artificial memory. Can anyone explain why this title has been chosen? It seems indefensible. -- Picatrix ( talk) 01:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I have not gotten any reply to my previous posting. Because the "Method of Loci" is only one aspect of the art, I have removed the redirect to method of loci and posted a basic article on the Art of Memory. I plan to improve and expand it over the coming weeks. -- Picatrix ( talk) 12:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
The 'Method of loci' article now seems to be redundant when compared with the more inclusive 'Art of memory' article. It has been suggested that this article be merged into the Art of memory article. It appears this process is more or less complete. Before removing/redirecting this article I wanted to check with other editors to see if any object, and if so, why. -- Picatrix ( talk) 12:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm not particularly fond of the 'Method of Loci' designation as "method" is simply the word favored today for the same thing "ars" was used to indicate in the past, and because it seems that most mnemonic techniques in use rely in some fashion on spatial relationships. However, there is probably some justification for maintaining a separate article with a 'psychological' (or neurological) focus. If 'MoL' is the term favored in the academic literature I suppose we're stuck with it. That said, this article is primarily about techniques from the art of memory which have been retrospectively dubbed 'MoL'. If this is going to stand as a separate article, my vote would be to rewrite it to reflect modern psychological and neurobiological studies of the role of space in memory. The paper you provided a link for is a good example of precisely the kind of material that should provide a basis for this article (as well as things like Luria's Mind of a Mnemonist, etc.). I'm not qualified to write such an article from this perspective - though I could help. If you feel up for it, I think that this article should be taken in this direction. If you are one of the authors of the study you provided a link to I would be interested in asking you some questions about research into brain regions associated spatial orientation and navigation among animals and whether or not any such research might have been cross-referenced with similar research on human subjects. -- Picatrix ( talk) 13:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Ben Pridmore's record time cited on this page (26.28 sec) does not coincide with the time cited on his page or the "Eidetic Memory" article's page (24.68 sec). Anyone working on this article might wish to update this. ---S.Reemas, 1/26/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.85.229 ( talk) 01:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Method of Loci ('method of places') is a term used to describe mnemonic techniques that rely on spatial relationships. This descriptive term is most often used as a variant designator for what is otherwise (and more commonly) referred to as the "art (or arts) of memory" (Yates) or more specifically the "architectural mnemonic" (Carruthers). This term is most commonly found in contemporary works on psychology, where it is more or less interchangeable with "art of memory". For example:
method of loci A mnemonic strategy (memory aid) in which the items to be remembered are converted into mental images and associated with specific positions or locations; for example, to remember the name of each person sitting around a table, the table might be envisioned as a clock and the faces of each person associated with an hour position and the hour to a name. This method was used by orators during the Roman Empire. [Raymond J. Corsini, The Dictionary of Psychology, Psychology Press, 1999, p592]
However, there is evidence that, with training, at least some age deficits can be overcome. One method is to train older people in the method of loci technique. This involves memorising a series of mental pictures of familiar scenes, such as the rooms in one's house. Each TBR item is mentally placed in a scene, and then the list is recalled by making the imaginary journey, recalling what was stored in each picture." [Ian Stuart-Hamilton, The Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000, p95]
Visual imagery is the basis for a well-known mnemonic technique called the method of loci (Yates, 1966). This was known to Greek and Roman orators and can be found in many self-help books on how to improve your memory. [Colin Ware, Information Visualization: Perception For Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 p369]
Loftus cites the foundation story of Simonides (more or less taken from Yates, 1966) and describes some of the most basic aspects of the use of space in the art of memory. She states, "This particular mnemonic technique has come to be called the "method of loci". [Elizabeth F. Loftus, Human Memory: The Processing of Information, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1976, p65] Referring to mnemonic methods, Verlee Williams mentions, "One such strategy is the "loci" method, which was developed by Simonedes, a Greek poet of the fifth an sixth centuries BC" [Linda Verlee Williams, Teaching For The Two-Sided Mind: A Guide to Right Brain/Left Brain Education, Simon & Schuster, 1986, p110]
This use of this term predates its current appearances in more or less contemporary psychology. For example, in a discussion of "topical memory" (yet another designator) published in 1835, Alexander Jamieson mentions that "memorial lines, or verses, are more useful than the method of loci." [Alexander Jamieson, A Grammar of Logic and Intellectual Philosophy, A. H. Maltby, 1835, p112]
This term can be misleading: the ancient principles and techniques of the art of memory, hastily mentioned in some of the citations above, depended equally upon images and places. The designator "method of loci" does not convey the equal weight placed on both elements. In any case, the art of arts of memory as a whole, as practiced in classical antiquity, are far more inclusive and comprehensive in their treatment of this subject.
This article should be rewritten to emphasize the "method of loci" as a particular designator in psychology, and should include a link to "art of memory" as a primary article. Focus here should be on study of the use of locations and images in psychology and neurobiology. Until such an article is available, I propose either: A. redirecting to Art of memory or B. placing a few short placeholder paragraphs about the term and its relation to the art of memory, and clearly stating that this term is most current in psychology and neurobiology, while the Art of memory article is the main resource for this information. The issue here is, fundamentally, how to organize the content here within Wikipedia. As the fullest treatment exists in the Art of memory article, and as that article treats the subject of ancient mnemonic practice as a whole, and the so-called "method of loci" more fully than it is dealt with here, it should be the primary article. At present this article is a mishmash of old disconnected snippets, which are in any case redundant when compared to the Art of memory article. -- Picatrix ( talk) 11:56, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
How would cutting this page down to a redirect involve "new articles"? As for my changing my mind about the importance of Method of Loci as a separate conceptual category, dealing with issues that are distinct from those that might be covered in the art of memory article (such as the the role of the hippocampus in spatial mnemonics), I reserve the right to change my mind whenever I like, given that it is a concomitant of learning new things. When I brought up the very issue that MoL seemed to be used interchangeably with AoM another editor pointed out the use of the term in psychology (as you can read above). After he or she pointed this out I looked into it. It seemed to me after doing so that MoL warranted a separate article. That said, content issues are something else. If you feel that using the same text as a summary in AoM in the MoL section is wrong I'm happy to change it. I can rewrite it, I can summarize it more briefly, etc. If you really want to cut this article down to a redirect I suppose we can do that also, but I would check with the other editor to see what his or her feelings are. In any case we've got a technical term in use in psychology to refer to the architectural mnemonic, which is only one part of the art of memory (graphical mnemonic, textual mnemonic, etc.). The MoL is not AoM. One technique used in the art or arts, which is what the MoL deals with, is not synonymous or interchangeable with the art of memory as a whole. Please make concrete suggestions and I'll be happy to accommodate you as best I can. -- Picatrix ( talk) 15:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
While I found the subject matter of this article intriguing, reading through the body of its contents was extremely tedious and unneccessarily redundant. A good example would be these statements in the third passage of the lead:
- Steven M. Kosslyn remarks "[t]his insight led to the development of a technique the Greeks called the method of loci, which is a systematic way of improving one's memory by using imagery."
- Skoyles and Sagan indicate that "an ancient technique of memorization called Method of Loci, by which memories are referenced directly onto spatial maps" originated with the story of Simonides.
- ...Verlee Williams mentions, "One such strategy is the 'loci' method, which was developed by Simonides, a Greek poet of the fifth and sixth centuries BC"
- Loftus cites the foundation story of Simonides (more or less taken from Frances Yates) and describes some of the most basic aspects of the use of space in the art of memory. She states, "This particular mnemonic technique has come to be called the "method of loci".
Each of these statements is more or less saying the same thing.
This article desperately needs the attention of someone who is well versed in the material because, as it's presented right now (after removing all the redundant hoobajoo), it appears to be better served as just a section in the broader subject of
memorization techniques.
-
K10wnsta (
talk)
20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
The opening paragraph talks about history. I think it should talk about what the method actually is, and leave history for later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.96.133 ( talk) 04:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This section has an overall tone of strong support for the work of "Mark Sadler" and for the method of loci itself. Specific examples include:
The section is also sorely lacking in citations. Furthermore, when cited, it is insufficient and un-wikified:
I opine that the editorial tone, the lack of citations, and the errors in citation style, grammar, and spelling are inextricable from the current state of the section (and perhaps the article); a full rewrite may be necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achlysis ( talk • contribs) 23:45, 24 June 2012
Memory Theaters, derived from loci-based memory arts, have been a subject of renewed research within the last decade. Examples include the text by German aesthetician Peter Matussek: http://www.peter-matussek.de/Pub/A_38.html as well as the 2011 conference held in the Netherlands "Camillo 2.0", referenced at http://www.psi17.org/page/memory-theatre and elsewhere on the web.
Robert Edgar rbedgar@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.240.66 ( talk) 01:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
The section that reads,
In Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris, a detailed description of Hannibal Lector's memory palace is provided.[33][34]
is wrong. It's actually 'Hannibal'. 'Hannibal Rising' barely gets into the memory palace, and the SciAmerican link even quotes from 'Hannibal'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.158.85 ( talk) 21:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
The person who "has used the method of loci to memorise pi to over 65,536 digits" is an anonymous subject in the article cited for that statement. The name Gary Shang was added to Wikipedia by an anonymous editor in 2013: [ [1]] Is there any evidence dating from before this edit that this is the individual's name? 129.49.100.61 ( talk) 20:45, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm an occasional Wikipedia editor and last year I wrote a book on Memory Palaces and the Method of Loci ("Advanced Memory Palaces") - obviously this means I have a COI for editing this page, *but* if any editor wants to make use of the references I collected they are very welcome to contact me and I'll send over a pdf of my work or scans of other relevant books in my library. Also quite happy to release some of the my content under the relevant licences and so on.
Joe ( talk) 15:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 January 2023 and 15 May 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Bega24,
Kylela20 (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Bega24 ( talk) 04:01, 9 April 2023 (UTC)