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method of loci

A mnemonic aid, whose discovery is attributed to the poet Simonides of Ceos (556–468/467 BC), which consists of mentally associating items with different locations on a route and then mentally going through this route to recall them.

• Blunt, J. R., & VanArsdall, J. E. (2021). Animacy and animate imagery improve retention in the method of loci among novice users. Memory & Cognition, 49(7), 1360‑1369. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01175-0

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: open
• Ondřej, J. (in press). The method of loci in the context of psychological research: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12799

• Document type: meta-analysis

• Access: open
• Twomey, C., & Kroneisen, M. (2021). The effectiveness of the loci method as a mnemonic device: Meta-analysis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(8), 1317-1326. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021821993457

• Document type: meta-analysis

• Access: closed
• Wagner, I. C., Konrad, B. N., Schuster, P., Weisig, S., Repantis, D., Ohla, K., Kühn, S., Fernández, G., Steiger, A., Lamm, C., Czisch, M., & Dresler, M. (2021). Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci. Science Advances, 7(10), eabc7606. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc7606

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: open
• Yates, F. (1966). The art of memory. Routledge

• Document type: historical study

• Access: closed
• Yates, F. A. (1966/2022). L’art de la mémoire (D. Arasse, Trad.). Folio Gallimard

• Document type: literature review

• Access: closed

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