The ancient Greeks developed a method of memory improvement that became known as mnemonics after the Greek goddess of memory.
Aristotle published an essay entitled ‘Memory”, in which he attempted to describe the features of recall.
It is proposed by many that this is the first formal attempt at understanding this subject.
Plato likened memory to wax tablet: ‘We hold the wax to perceptions of them.’
Ironically, this idea that a ‘mental impression’ is created inside the mind is strangely similar to modern explanations of memory - the difference being that current views of memory emphasize its dynamic nature, rather than seeing it as static ‘storage bin’ that collects experiences.
Memory study by Ancient Greeks
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