Can you use body parts as a memory tool?

Question

Has anybody experimented with a technique of using, say, their own body parts to recall information, for instance, a shopping list?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible since you can link each item to be remembered with a different part of the body. This technique is called the body list method or the location method. Instead of storing information in various places, one can put them on different parts of his/her body and recall them afterwards by imagining that he/she is walking around and physically ‘places’ the items on various parts of the body.

Comments

1. Head - Avocados
2. Nose - Blueberries
3. Mouth - Broccoli
4. Ears - Olive Oil, Coconut Oil
5. Larynx - Eggs
6. Shoulders - Leafy vegetables (Kale, Spinachs)
7. Collar - Wild Salmon
8. Fingers - Turmeric
9. Belly - Wallnut
10. Back End - Dark Chocolate

The last example has completely destroyed my will to eat dark chocolate. Thanks, Jim.

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Top- Avacado
Nose- Blueberries
Mouth- brocolli
Ear- Olive oil
Lynarx - eggs
Shoulder- spinach, garbage
Collar- Salmon
Belly- Walnuts
Seat- dark chocolate

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Thanks, Jim. For me, I can memorize them better if I make food associations with the body parts & wearables/accessories
 1. Hair - Dark Chocolate (the color of my hair is dark brown)
 2, Brain- Walnut (imagining a big walnut inside my head; shape similar to brain)
 3. Nostrils- Blueberries (2 stuck on both nostrils)
 4. Bra - Leafy Vegetables (my swimsuit's prints are leafy vegetables like Kale and spinach)
 5. Ears  - Broccoli (green earrings with broccoli design)
 6. Eyes - Eggs (imagining two eggs protruding from both eyes)
 7. Lips- Wild Salmon (downsized;  orange color lipstick with lips shaped like salmon)
 8. Feet - Turmeric (most people joke about feet that have a shape like ginger/turmeric)
 9. Belly-  Avocado (shape like my waistline and hips)
10. Back - Olive Oil, Coconut Oil ( imagining an inverted triangle/trapezoid bottle shape)

I will never forget these 10 brain food associations as long as I live.

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Top - Avocado
Nose - Blueberries
Mouth - Broccoli
Ears - Olive Oil
Larynx - Eggs
Collar - Wild Salmon
Shoulders - Leafy Greens
Fingers - Turmeric
Belly - Walnuts
Bottom - Dark Chocolate

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one is top as an avocado
two is nose as blueberries
three is mouth as brocolly
four is ear as olive oil or coconut oil
five is larynx as eggs
six is shoulders as spinach
seven is collar bone as wild salmon
eight is finger as tumeric
nine is belly as walnuts
ten is buttocks as dark cocoa

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Thanks a lot. not only did you teach me a wonderful new way to remember things, but also good food habits for life <3 we should teach this to every little human in this world.

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top of head - avocado
nose blueberries
mouth broccoli
ears olive oil
throat eggs
shoulders green veges
collar salmon chain
fingers turmeric
belly walnuts
dark chocolate
it was fun following

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very easy to remember thanks to you