Expand Your Imagination with Pegs

Expand Your Imagination with Pegs


Our brain is such an amazing part of our body since it does all ofthe verbal and mental tasks that we handle everyday. This meansthat most of what we see, hear, smell, say and feel is allregistered by our brain. Our brain is also responsible in how wethink and speak.You can't be completely on guard with all the things that comes inand out of your mind. Stress, for example is a great memory buster.It's when were stressed that we can't think straight at all. It'swhen were stressed that makes us think everything is just turningout bad and makes us feel even worse. Its when were stressed thatthe glucose in our brain decreases because cortisol destroysglucose.But even then, practicing a good memorization technique can stillhelp. Consider the Peg method, a way to improve your memorizationskill. Using the peg method can be very useful in memorizing a longlist. You can start with the numbers 0-9. So you have a way toremember each number, think of a word that rhymes with the number.



For example: one = nun; two = brew; three = tree etc


By thinking of any words that rhyme with the numbers, it helps inestablishing relation with what you need to memorize. Let's say youneed to memorize Acrophobia, Androphobia and Arsonphobia in aparticular order. Since they all sound alike, you can number themas 1, 2 and 3.



1 (nun) = Acrophobia = fear of heights
2 (brew) = Androphobia = fear of men
3 (tree) = Arsonphobia = fear of fire

First, think of a nun with Acrophobia trembling each time she goesup on the second floor. Next, a brewed coffee has Androphobiabecause it cools down each time a man orders it, and lastly a treeruns up the mountains whenever a fire approaches; proof that it hasArsonphobia.Try creating your very own peg words and even extend your list upto 20 or more. You'll find it easy to memorize items.

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