Art of Assisting Memory

                                    Art of Assisting Memory

Parmod Kumari

                                                                              Lecturer Chemistry

G.S.S.S. Meham(Rohtak)

                     Our brain is like a computer and it works/memorize things as per instructions obtained by it. So if we want to increase our memory power then we must program our brain in a special way. We can associate the things which we want to remember with something that is easier to remember. This use of association to remember things is very interesting technique or art of assisting memory. This short verse to help memory is long term and problem of forgetting or getting puzzled in exam is solved very easily. Acronym, Acrostics, Poem recitation can also be very good techniques of assisting memory along with association which are explained below.                                                                                                                 Acronym-it is made up of first letters of the word to be remembered easier.

e.g. Basic need of human-WAS-F, water, air, shelter, food

 Acrostics- it is an art of memorizing technique which is made up by creating a meaningful sentence or a story by using the first letter of each word.

e.g. 1. Water cycle- Evaporation, Condensation, Rain, Snow

Eleven Camels Raced on Sandy Soil

Association- it is device of memory technique in which key terms can be associated to our experiences thus facilitating, understanding and remembering.

Here are some examples of these arts/techniques:-

1.     Steps of scientific investigation:-

We can remember them in a specific order with the help of following     

phrase

People Really Hate Eating Donuts And Cold Cider. Bold Letters of this sentence stand for following processes i.e.

Problem, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment(data), Analyze, Conclusion, Communicate.                     

 2. Bones of lower limb:-

Help Five Policemen To Find Ten Missing Prisoners.

Hip, Femur, Patella, Tibia, Fibula, Tarsal, Metatarsals, Phalanges

3.   Bones Of Upper Limb:-

Some Children Have Underestimated Rahul Choudhary Magic Play.

Scapula, Clavicle, Humerus, Ulna, Radius, Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges.

4.   Chordate Features:-

Do Not Pinch People

Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord

NotoChord

Pharyngeal Slits

Postanal Tail

5.   Seven Characteristics Of Living Beings Can Be Remembered With The Help Of ‘Mrs. Gren’

Here Each Letter Stands For:-

Movement, Reproduction, Sensitivity, Growth, Respiration, Excretion, Nutrition.

6.   The Sentence Used To Remember Flow Of Energy And Its Being Used By Living Beings:-

“Some People Have Crazy Outstanding Dreams”

Sun→ Producers→ Consumers (Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores) → Decomposers

7.   Changing Effects Of Acid And Base On Litmus Paper

A Changes B to R

I.e. Acid→ Blue to Red

B Changes R to B

I.e. Base→ Red to Blue

 8. LEO And GER are The Words Used To Remember Lose/Gain Of Electrons During Oxidation/Reduction

Lose Electron (=) Oxidation i.e. LEO

Gain Electron (=) Reduction i.e. GER

 9. PANIC Is the Word Used To Remember Charge on Cathode and Anode in electrolytic cell.

Positive Anode

Negative Is Cathode

Reverse charge is used in electrochemical (Voltaic/Galvanic) cell.

10. Effect Of Heat On Matter

Gary Hates Eva or Gain Heat Expand

I.e. Matter Expands When Heat Is Gained

Let Her Cry or Loose Heat Contract

I.e. Matter contracts when cooled

11. Property of Magnets→

Like poles repel and unlike poles attract

Two ‘N’s repel.

Two ‘S’s repel.    

‘N’ and ‘S’ brought near attract

12. Eight planets of our solar system can be remembered according to their size. The smallest one first and biggest one at the end.

Monkey Made VENUS Jump

First letter of each word represent a planet except the word VENUS for which each letter represent a planet.

M-Mercury, M-Mars, V-Venus, E-Earth, N-Neptune, U-Uranus, S-Saturn,       J-Jupiter

Here Mercury is smallest and Jupiter is biggest planet.

Note- Here Pluto is not considered whose size is between Mercury and Mars because now it is excluded from our solar system.

13. Seven Colours Of Spectrum:-

If we want to grasp name of seven colours of Rainbow, then we want to remember only the word VIBGYOR and we can easily recall the seven colours in a specific order as every letter in this word represent first letter of seven colours of rainbow.

V-Violet, I-Indigo, B-Blue, G-Green, Y-Yellow, O-Orange, R-Red

14. Parts of atmosphere→ Children usually get confused in remembering sequence of parts of earth`s  atmosphere

This phrase help to remember the parts of earth`s atmosphere in specific order.

The Strong Man’s Triceps Explode.

Here T stands for Troposphere (Near to Earth), S-Stratosphere,                     M-Mesosphere, T-Thermosphere and E-Exosphere

15. Basic needs of human-WAS-F, Water, Air, Shelter, Food

16. SCREAM-N helps to remember organ systems                                       Skeletal, Circulatory, Respiratory, and Reproductive, Alimentary canal (Digestive System) Muscular system, Nervous system

17. TEENS -stand for sense organs

Tongue, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Skin                                                               

18. Characteristics of living things- RENGRIM                                                  

Respiration, Excretion, Nutrition, Growth, Reproduction, Irritability, Movement

19. Lungs can be associated with Balloons because they expand, when air

Is blown into them, lungs also expand when we breath in air.

20. Heart can be associated with water pump, Heart pumps blood to all

parts of body.

21. Hinge joints can be associated with working of door.

22. Functioning of Oesophagus and Intestine can be associated with a

tooth paste tube.

23. Brain can be associated with working of Computer. It receives information, stores  and recalls it when necessary.

24. CORN- Stands for main components of air- Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen,

Rare   Gases, Nitrogen.

25. 3R's represent three ways to conserve the environment – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

26. SCREAM-Represent six forms of energy- Sound, Chemical, Radiant,

(heat & light) Electrical, Atomic and Mechanical.

27. Name of Kingdoms-“My   Poor Friend Picks Apples.”

Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals.          

28. Seven parts of Human Digestive system are-

“Mary Gives Sam Some Lovely Red Apples.”

Mouth, Gullet, Stomach, Small intestine, large intestine, Rectum, Anus                                              

29. Planets- My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas-      Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

Pluto(now not considered planet)

30. Major systems of human body can be listed alphabetically and remembered,

c-d, e-e, l-m-n, r-r. Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Excretory, Lymphatic, Musculoskeletal, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory.

31. Classification of living organisms-                                                                 King Paul Came Over From Greece Suddenly.

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.                             

32. The Constellations of the Zodiac- A Tense Gray Cat Lay Very Low

 Sneaking Slowly Contemplating A  Pounce.

               A     T     G     C     L     V     L     S     S     C     A   P                               

               R     A     E     A     E     I      I      C     A    A     Q    I

               I      U    M    N     O    R     B    O     G    P    U    S

               E     R     I      C            G     R     R      I    R     R    C

               S     U    N     E            O      A    P      T    I      I     E

                       S     I     R                            I       A   C     U   S   

                                                                  O     R   O     S                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                  N      I     R                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                          U    N

                                                                          S

33. Wind pipe can be associated with air because wind is moving air so wind  pipe is a part of Respiratory System because we breathe in air.

34. Herbivores can be associated with herbs. So herbivores eat plants. Carnivores can be associated with cats such as tigers and lions. So they eat animals. Omnivores are associated with our selves or Humans. So omnivores eat both plants and other animals.

35. To remember what our five sense organs are, we can associate them with watching a movie in the cinema and eating popcorn at the same time.

You see the pictures, hear the sounds, feel the cool air, taste and smell

the popcorn.

36. Left loosy, Right tighty – The direction to turn something. Turn to the left to loosen it and turn to right to tighten it.

37. Right on, left off.-The direction to on is to turn towards right and

direction to off is to turn towards left.

38. For remembering different life processes -3R’s GENTS

Respiration, Regulation, Reproduction- Growth, Excretion,

Nutrition, Transport, Synthesis.

39. Fat soluble Vitamins- KADE

Vitamin-K, Vitamin-A, Vitamin-D and Vitamin-E are fat soluble vitamins.

40. Transport in plants-XY (xylem) goes high

PHLO (phloem) goes low…… It is organic.

41. Hydrogen bonds- hydrogen likes to have FON

(Fluorine, Oxygen, Nitrogen.)

42. Nutrition- Human chemical Digestion beings.

Carbo’s in mouth with salivary amylase.

Protein in the stomach with gastric protease.

Lipids in the small intestine with lipase.

All digestion is competed in small intestine.

The large intestine simply absorbs water.

43. Diatomic elements- Count- HOFBrINCl

Hydrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine, Nitrogen, Chlorine.

44. Atrium (^) top chamber of the heart

Ventricle (v) bottom chamber of the heart.

45. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.

Veins Carry blood toward the heart.

46. Acid to Water, All is well

Water to acid- what an accident!

It is ok to add acid to water but you may get an explosion on reversing

the order of mixing the two.

47. Seven coordinating Conjunctions in English are

FANBOYS- For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.  

48. For Diverging mirrors and lenses the image is always Diminished, Upright

and Virtual regardless of the distance of the object from the mirror or lens.

                                      “D DUV”

49. To know speed of light count the letters in each word of sentence

We guarantee certainty clearly referring to this light mnemonic

i.e. 29,97,92,458 m/second.

50. Brass is alloy of copper + Zinc.                         

Bronze is alloy of copper + tin.

Zinc has Z in it but its alloy does not has Z in its spelling of brass.

51. For remembering order of energy and how it is used by living beings-

Some People Calculate Dreams.       

Sun → Producers→ Consumers →Decomposers

Types of Consumers can be remembered by

Happy Carry Oats

H-Herbivores, C- Carnivores, O- Omnivores.

52. Hari Never Asked Kailash Extra Rent

He Ne Ar Kr Xe Rn

(Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon)

53. Here’s a mnemonic sentence for the order or sequence in which

operation are carried out in algebraic and numerical expression:

“Bless My Dear Aunt Sally!”

(Brackets, Multiplications, Divisions, Additions, Subtractions.)

54. Five lobes of human brain -First Place Original Trophy Carrier/

First Place Often Carry The Trophy

( Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Cerebellum, Temporal,)

55. Size of shadow- FOS

Far Object………Small

The further the object from source of light, the smaller the shadow.

NOB  

Near Object……….Big                          

The nearer the object from source of light, the bigger the shadow.

56. Electromagnetic spectrum:

“RIVUXGa”

Electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency

Radiowaves,  Infrared,  Visible spectrum,  Ultraviolet,   X-rays,              Gamma rays

57. Parts of atom:

PEN –Protons, Electrons, Neutrons.

58. ULTRAVIOLET

Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared are in increasing order of wavelength;

U, V and I are in the word ultraviolet itself in that order.

59. For remembering metric scale:

“Kittens Hardly Dare Move During Cold Months”  (Descending order of

the metric scale: Kilo- Hecto- Deca- Meter- Deci- Centi- Milli.)

60. Bonding:

“HONC”

H-requires 1 more electron in its outer shell to become stable,                  

O- requires 2, N- requires 3, C- requires 4 electrons.

61. The mnemonic to remember the organ system is:

MURDER NICI

Muscular, Urinary, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Reproductive, Nervous, Integumentary, Circulatory, Immune systems.

62. Reflex Arc: RSIME

Receptor, Sensory Neuron…. Interneuron… Motor Neuron… Effector

(muscle or gland)

63. The Krebs cycle

“Can Intelligent Karen Solve Some Foreign Mafia Operations”

Citrate, Isocitrate, Ketoglatarate, Succinyl, Succinate, Fumarate,  

Malate, Oxaloacetate.

64. For the vertebrae of the spinal column

“Clever Dog Like Silly Cat”

Cervical, Dorsal, Lumber, Sacrum, Coccyx

(Dorsal vertebrae are also called thoracic)              

65. Bones of the skull                                                                                                  “Old People From Texas Eat Spiders”

Occipital, Parietal, Frontal, Temporal, Ephnoid, Sphenoid

66. Ovaries are RIPE with hormones:

Relaxin, Inhibin, Progesterone, Estrogen

67. Testes are TIM, for the three hormones secreted by testes.

Testosterone, Inhibin and Mullerian- Inhibiting hormone.

68. FLAGTOP hormone of the anterior pituitary gland.

F – Follicle Stimulating Hormone

L – Luteinizing Hormone

A – Adrenocorticotropic Hormone   

G – Gonad tropic Hormone

T – Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

O – Oxytoxin

P – Prolactin

69. Pancreas makes hormones- PIGS

Pancreatic polypeptide, Insulin, Glucagon and Somatostatin

70.Cranial nerves

“Oh Once One Takes The Anatomy Final A Good Vacation Seems

Heavenly” – There are twelve cranial nerves: Olfactory, Optic,

Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Auditory, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal root of the accessory and Hypoglossal.

71. Heart valves – LAB RAT – The valves between the atria and ventricles:

left atrium: bicuspid; right atrium: tricuspid.                                                    There are also the pulmonary and aortic valves.                            

72. Function of Hypothalamus –                                                                                   TALE – Temperature, Appetite, Libido, Emotion

73. Symptoms of Heart attack – PULSE – If you experience “Persistent chest

pain, Upset stomach, Light headiness, Shortness of breath and

Excessive sweating”.

74. Types of white blood cells – “Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas”

Neutrophills, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils and Basophils    

75. Understanding DNA/RNA – Although DNA and RNA are both nucleic

acids, they do different jobs in the cell just remember that DNA Delivers

the blueprint, RNA Reads it.  Also, transfer RNA(t-RNA) molecule is

shaped the letter T.

76. Essential amino acids – Pvt. TI HALL – Essential amino acids

(Phenylamine, Valino, Threonine. Trytophan, Isolicine, Histidine,

Arginine, Leucine Lysine) 

77. A mnemonic found handy in chemistry for remembering the Hexose sugar is: “All Altruists Gladly Make Gum In Gallant Tanks”

Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose

78. OHM’s Law –“Vampires are Rare” –  Volts = Amperes x Resistance       

79. Flemings Left hand rule for Motors – Flemings right hand Rule for

Generators (Induction) . To remember read generator as Genrighter

80. Diamagnetic Substances – “Dial Straight to Wed Nancy”

Diamagnetic Substances move from Stronger to Weaker part in a

Non-uniform magnetic field

81. If a compound has at least one unpaired electron it is paramagnetic and

will be pulled towards the magnetic field.

82. Cation – The “t” in cation looks like a plus sign: “ca + ion”

83. Transformer losses: - “Edison Electrified His Magic Filament Lamp”

Eddy currents loss, Electrical (DC resistance of wires) loss, Hysterisis

loss, Magnetic Flux Leakage loss.

84. The mnemonic used to remember the first five Alkanes :

“Must Every PRefect Be PErfect”

Methane, Ethane, PRopane, Butane, PEntane

85. CIVIL – In Capacitor (C)  Current (I) leads Voltage (V) In Inductor

(L) Voltage (V) leads Current (I)

86. The afferent nerve is arriving in the central nervous system.

The efferent nerve is exiting from the central nervous system.

87. The four amine bases in the DNA structure

“At The Girl’s Club” = AT+GC

Adenine pairs with Thymine and Guanine pairs with Cytosine.                                                                   

              In the same way you also can take the first letter of every word/name

and make an interesting phrase/ sentence. We also assure you that with practice you can achieve surprising level of Performance in your studies.