Remembering a Word You're Blanking On | Memory Techniques

Remembering a Word You're Blanking On | Memory Techniques

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I'm Barry Reitman, author of "Secrets, Tips and Tricks of a Powerful Memory," and I'd like to discus the question of how do you remember a word or a name that you're blanking on? It happens to all of us, doesn't it? There's two different answers. One is when you've used one of the many systems that you'll see in this video series, where you've pictured a name, where you've pictured Mary with a wedding band - Marry, Mary, a wedding band around her head - when you're using silly pictures like that, it's really easy. Because what I say to people is, "Don't try to remember her name." If your natural memory has learned it, you won't have to try, you'll see her face and you'll know it's Mary. But if it's one of the first times you've met her, and you can't place it, the last thing you want to do is say, "What's her name?" What you want to say is, "What picture did I see? She has a big forehead, what did I see around - I saw a wedding band. Marry. Every Mary I see is going to be associated with a wedding band, so once I see a wedding band around her head, I know it's Mary. I've seen the picture, and then that picture, that system will tell my natural memory what it is.Natural memory, system memory, they work together as a symbiosis and one will inform the other.

The next is more difficult, of course if you haven't used a memory system, a mnemonic system of some sort, and maybe you've just heard the name. So, of course, as a memory person, I'll say, "Try to use it all the time." But if you haven't, all I can suggest is if it's getting to you, back off. Think of something else.

Some experts actually say, "Make a fist with your left hand if you're blanking on a name or a word." And there's a lot of theory that the left hand is connected to the right part of the brain and that might - I personally don't know if those theories are valid. But I do believe that the idea of, in this case, making a fist with one hand might pull you back from that question of, "What's her name, what's her name?" and might help your natural memory relax, and when it's relaxed, you'll do a better job.

[LydiaKelso]

I connect images or stories with words or processes all the time. I learnt it from my mum :) ..come to think of it they usually had some violent theme to them when mum made them up but it worked lol. Learning to knit involved an intricate story of tying a noose around a person's neck and stabbing them several different ways 0.0

[raneennajjar]

i developed these two techniques by my own without being aware of this video, i  used these two methods & they always seemed to work :)

[mohamedbarre]

"She has a big forehead" he said it so casually

[MidnightMatta]

Do a video on how to dougie I really need to know

[mrbob]

Or maybe you go
"What's your name"?
Then they go
(then they say their name)
Then you go
"No your last name"
Then say go
(They then say their last name)
Great, now you know their last name and first!

[pjousma]

once i was blanking on a name, took me months but i got it back.

[JosephReference]

I'm just gonna make a ball of fist on my left hand for the rest of my life.

[lusepher]

Its a shame he didnt remember to brush his teeth

[shazenmaire]

So what if her name was jsjagakdisnahanshsj?

[asfhubivdh]

I've already forgotten it. Is her name marry or Mary?

[lacheredenton]

Ok so basically Symbols. This is funny because when are Ancestors stated this info, they were condemed as silly people who believe in superstition.

[paraaza]

That didn't help me at all
I forgot a name and still didn't remember it