Mnemonic
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A mnemonic device, memory trick or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is
Detail of Giordano Bruno's statue in Rome. Bruno was famous for his mnemonics, some of which he included in his treatises De umbris idearum and Ars Memoriae.
Art of memory
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The art of memory is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of idea
Mnemonic
…are derived from μνήμη (mnēmē), 'remembrance, memory'. Mnemonics in antiquity were most often considered in the context of what is today known as the art of memory. The general name of mnemonics, or memoria technica, was the name applied to devices for aiding the memory, to enable the mind to reproduce a relatively…
Graphical memory devices from the works of Giordano Bruno
Ars Memoriæ, by Robert Fludd
Ars Notoria, the first figure of logic/dialectic used as part of the art of memory
Congestorium artificiose memoriae, by Johann Romberch