Lesson 01 06

INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE

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«Giordano Memorizing System» by mail. Lesson 1

INTRODUCTION

You will go through these five study courses during the GMS studying process:

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“Intensive training course” - mastering basic memorization techniques;

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“Your first database” - studying techniques for memorizing precise information: phone
numbers, precise dates, constant values, last names and names, vehicles license numbers, etc, as
well as system memorization and developing ability to move through information in your brain
like through computer files;

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“Foreign words and phrases memorization” – based on the example of Russian language;

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“Textual information memorization” - anecdotes, terminology, geographical information,

short texts, manual paragraphs, study books, lectures and reports.

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“Numerical information memorization” - access codes, account numbers, credit card numbers,
PIN-codes, account blocking numbers etc.; system memorization, duplication using different
methods;

MEMORIZATION IS A SKILL

The material for each lesson contains a number of exercises. You need to perform these exercises in
order to form the memorization skill. Forming of any skill, including memorization, does not just depend
on performing the given exercises but doing them regularly through the entire course.

We recommended that you go over the exercises right after you receive a lesson in order to avoid
building up unfinished material. You will need about 30 to 60 minutes to do exercises for one lesson. It is
better to do them regularly - 3 or 4 times a week rather than put it off and try to complete them in one
sitting of 5 hours.

Some exercises can be repeated during an entire day. You can do such exercises when you have free time
- in public transportation, on your lunch break, etc. However, it is not recommended to perform the
exercises while driving.

READ THE “GMS Manual” CAREFULLY

The manual can be downloaded from this website:

http://www.pmemory.com/memory_book.html

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THE “INTENSIVE TRAINING” COURSE

You get acquainted with GMS with the intensive training course. First lessons are very detailed
followed by a set of exercises.

The main course tasks:

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Studying and mastering basis techniques and memorization methods;

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Studying the most common figurative codes;

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Developing visual thinking;

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Training attention stability (by regularly increasing the memorized data volume);

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Forming elementary memorization skills.

The main part of the exercises is not meant for a long-term memorization. It is the process of performing
the exercises that is important. Performing the exercises means memorizing and recalling using certain
techniques. You write the information down for later comparison.

During the course exercises there is a gradual increase of sets of words, numbers, syllables, and names.
On this stage, it is not the memorized material that is important but the methods used to memorize it. The
same sequence of words can be memorized using different methods and your goal, as a student, is to
master these different memorization methods.

VISUAL THINKING

In GMS, visual thinking is a set of miscellaneous operations with visual images in a persons’
imagination. Usually, people memorize information through verbal repetition. In GMS, information is
memorized through the use of visual images. The memorization process has nothing in common with the
usual recall. The GMS recollection is viewing the information in your imagination. You do not remember
but scroll the pictures through in your imagination like slides on a computer screen. The information is
transformed into speech (or writing) at its output stage.

After you learn even the simplest methods of memorizing techniques you will realize that you have never
even tried to memorize consciously before. This is how GMS memorization is different in its quality and
volume from latent capacities of human memory.

THEORETICAL MATERIAL

There is no theoretical material in the dispatch. The theoretical knowledge you need is given as a
methodical recommendation for a particular exercise. It is expected that you already have gotten
acquainted with the

GMS manual

. If not, you should read the manual on our web site.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Always keep your eyes open while memorizing/recalling or doing additional exercises.

• You are not allowed to use any support material to perform exercises. You are allowed to use pen and
paper ONLY to test yourself. You have to use your head ONLY. Only in this case you will get the result.
Do not cheat yourself! You are doing exercises to get the memorization skill.

• All exercises have to be done. You cannot skip or go further without completing all of them. The
exercise is complete only if you can recall all memorized data in the perfect order and without any
mistakes.

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• In some cases you will find “Do not repeat” phrase. It means – do not recall memorized information
after the exercise is done. (The exercise is done when you can recall all of the required information
without any mistakes and in perfect order.)

• Please focus and do not rush through the exercises and explanations. If you skip something you will
have troubles in the future. Read and make sure you understand what you need to do and how. If some
kind of technique does not makes sense to you please check the

GMS Manual

. You can find detailed

explanations with illustrations.

• Try to apply GMS material in real life. Soon you will be able to forget about pen and paper; you will be
able to quickly and efficiently memorize any type of information. GMS should become a part of your
life, so try to use and apply it as much as possible. Your results will be much, much higher.

LESSON 1

EXERCISE 1

The “Chain” method: When you memorize using the “Chain” method - images are connected in pairs.
You must also distinguish the first and the second image of every pair. For this purpose, the second
image of a pair is placed above the first one, pierces it or is situated on the right side of the first one. The
images in pairs are approximately the same size and must be in contact with each other.

Any image you see in your imagination must be large, three-dimensional, in colour, and detailed. Seeing
it in detail is the most important. Try to imagine images as detailed as possible.

Memorize this sequence of words using the “Chain” method.

Phone – cupboard – book – TV set – cup – plate – dog – fridge – can – helmet – wallpaper – leaves
– sweater – shoulder-straps – cake – lemon – bicycle – handkerchief – tea – program – tape
recorder – tap – socket – window pane - sugar

Illustration:

The first connection: a cupboard on the phone (the phone and the cupboard are of the same size).
The second connection: a book is in the cupboard (both are of the same size).
The third connection: a TV set is on the book (images are of the same size).
The fourth connection: a cup is on the TV set.
The fifth connection: a plate is in the cup. And so on.

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Remembering:

Remember the first image - “phone”. Examine it in your imagination. The “cupboard” image will appear
SPONTANEOUSLY. Switch your attention to the cupboard. Enlarge it so that the phone image
disappears. The image of a “book” will appear SPONTANEOUSLY. Switch your attention to the book.
The cupboard has to disappear. Examine the book. The TV set appears SPONTANEOUSLY – switch
your attention to the TV set… and so on.

Remember this exercise. Write down the words. Check them.

THE PROCESS OF RECORDING INTO MEMORY

However paradoxical this may sound, the mental operation that switches the “memory” process on is the
operation of connecting together two images in imagination. When you connect two images your brain
fixes the connection. This happens very fast. When you perform the exercises you only need to fix the
images connected in imagination for about six seconds.

EXERCISE 2

The „Russian Doll” technique: It is not important what this technique is used for - you only need to
understand and master it. Images are connected in pairs using this technique. In every pair the first image
is larger and the second one is smaller. Please do not make images too small or they will not be well
memorized. This is what you need to do while using this technique:

Let us connect two images - bread and spoon. Imagine bread with raisins with a teaspoon next to it.
Enlarge the image in your imagination. Enlarge the bread so that only one raisin is left in your mind. It
should be about the size of a lemon. You do not need to enlarge the spoon. Now connect the two images:
raisin and the teaspoon. Fix this connection for a couple of seconds. If you now imagine the piece of
bread then the teaspoon next to it will be very small. This is the essence of this technique: images are
constantly enlarged and reduced during the use of the “Russian Doll” technique – the same way as
remembering the images memorized with this technique.

Memorize the following images using the „Russian Doll” technique:

bread - spoon - cap - slippers - socks - pipe - pants - handle - shell - flower - pajamas – video
recorder - yogurt - honey - knife - violet - electrical plug - teapot - monkey - jeep - robot – balls -
labels - candy - roller skates

Illustration:

The first connection: a spoon pierces a raisin (the raisin is the first image of the pair and the images are of
the same size).
The second connection: on the end of the spoon handle is a cap (imagine an enlarged part of the spoon
handle and a cap).
The third connection: on the enlarged upper part of the cap there are slippers. And so on.

Remembering:

Imagine a piece of bread and start to scan (examine) it in your imagination.

Try to see where the next image has to be placed. Enlarge that part of the piece of bread and a raisin
appears with a spoon in it. The attention is switched to the spoon. Examine it. Enlarge the size of its part

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where the next image should be placed – the “cap” image appears. Imagine only the cap and scrutinize it.
Then enlarge the part where there should be the next image – slippers would appear. And so on.

Memorize the words and write them down. Check the quality of anamnesis. Note what you can
remember - scroll through images. The words are only needed to represent and fix the images on paper.

EXERCISE 3

The Cicero method: the Cicero method is based on naturally created connections in the brain when you
perceive objects up close a few times. Thus, these objects (and the connections between them) are
already in your brain and you do not need to memorize them on purpose. These objects should only be
recalled several times in order to fix their precise sequence.

The selected images are used as floppy diskettes in GMS. Other images are recorded on them. The
Cicero images are auxiliary and make it possible to memorize other images distinctly and consecutively.

As an object for the Cicero method we will use the objects in familiar settings in your home or on a
familiar road. Images must never be repeated. Names can repeat but the pictures must always be
different.

In GMS, such auxiliary images are called “support images”. The process of forming support images in
the memory can be compared to the computer disk formatting process. Information cannot be recorded
onto a disk unless it is formatted. Unless the system of support images is created in your memory you
will not be able to memorize data consecutively. (The “Chain” and “Russian Doll” techniques are not
used for memorizing long sequences in the “Giordano” system).

Task:

Form 25 support images in your memory using the Cicero method. Try to remember a hallway in your
home. Walk clockwise around it in your imagination and select 10 different images from this hallway. It
is very important that you always remember the images in the same order.

Switch your attention to the imagined kitchen in your home. Walk around it clockwise and single out 10
more images.
Switch your attention to your dining room and select 5 more images.

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View all the 25 images in your imagination consecutively yet each image separately.

Illustration:

I formed several support images by following the usual way from my house to the street in my
imagination:

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Entrance door;

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Light switch;

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Stairs;

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Window between the floors;

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Mailboxes;

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Entrance door of the porch.

Memorize the following images using the Cicero method:

Bottle - apple - box - chocolate - stick - elephant - chicken - mole - fence - sheep - onions - star -
mouse - table - towel - paper - wheel - spray can - sugar bowl - cucumber - sauce - ball - sofa - glass
- bowl

Illustration:

Images are connected in pairs. The first image of each pair is a support image. The second one is the
memorized image. The images are about the same size.

The support image is usually a bit larger than the memorized one.

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Big bottle is in the entrance door;

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There is a big apple in the light switch;

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A box is on the stairs;

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A big chocolate bar is stuck to the window;

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A stick is stuck out of the mailbox;

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An elephant is on the porch.

Remembering:

Activate the sequence of support images in your memory. Remember the door and see water on it.
Imagine a light switch and see an apple on it, or the stairway with a box in it. Remember a window and
see a chocolate bar on it. Imagine a mailbox and see a stick. Remember the entrance door and see an
elephant.

EXERCISE 4

The free association technique: This technique, just like the Cicero method, is used to form support
images in your memory. Moreover, both of them are based on natural associations, that is, the
connections created in your brain naturally during the perception of the already connected images.

Unlike the Cicero method, the free association method makes use of connections between objects that are
naturally connected and would never be perceived separately. The images have stable (common)
interrelations. When you single out a sequence of images using this technique you should make sure you
do not switch to the images in the Cicero method (objects on the street or in a room).

Here is an example of singling out an image sequence using this technique:

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Teaspoon;

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Cup;

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Saucer;

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Piece of cake;

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Cake;

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Cake box;

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Ribbon (to wrap the box);

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Hand;

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Watch on the hand, and so on.

Try not to decompose the images into parts when singling images out using this technique. You need to
take COMPLETE objects.

Memorize the sequence of words using the free association technique. In order to do this, form 20
support images beforehand using the free association method. Remember and write them down.

Meat - loudspeaker - chair - glass - lamp - macaroni - cloud - globe - tree - blanket - hammer - leaf
- balcony - engine - sewing machine - elk - exhaust pipe - bedside-table - rooster - calendar

Illustration:

Images are connected in pairs and are of the same size. The first image of a pair is a support image
formed using the free association technique:

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A piece of meat in a teaspoon;

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A loudspeaker in a cup;

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A chair on a saucer;

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A glass in a piece of cake;

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A lamp on a cake, and so on.

Remembering:

In order to remember you need to remember the support images which are easy to remember because
connections in your brain are already established. Now you can pick the image you linked up with the
support image.

If you remember a teaspoon then you see meat. If you see a cup then a loudspeaker appears. If it’s a
saucer – you see a chair. When you remember a piece of cake – you see glass in your imagination. If you
see a cake – a lamp is remembered. And so on.

ADDITIONAL EXPLANATIONS:

My examples may not work for you. All connections you make should be based on your memory.

It is very important to form support images using FAT fast. You don't need to think about one image for
too long. You need to take the first one that pops up in your head.

Example:

A "cup" - what do we use a cup for? We can use it to drink tea, or coffee. What do we normally have
right next to a cup? – A plate and a spoon, thus you already have 4 images. You need to take one, for
example I will take a plate. Now we need to do the same thing with the plate - first image I've got is cake,
etc.

Cup - bag of tea - sugar - spoon - cake - knife - knife box -....

You have to do it yourself. Don't try to use my examples - you need to find your own. If you can
memorize the list of images formed using FAT in perfect order you have succeeded.

EXERCISE 5

The Alphanumeric Code: each cipher from 0 to 9 has corresponding consonant letters from the English
alphabet. In the “Giordano” system, the following alphanumeric code is used and you will have to learn it
by heart:

1 – N, 2 – THZ, 3 – B, 4 – WVK, 5 – FR, 6 – JPX, 7 – SD, 8 – GQL, 9 – C, 0 – M

All 20 consonant letters of English alphabet are used in the figurative code.

When you encode a number from 01 to 09, zero by itself is not encoded into a letter but is encoded into a
letter from the number 10 and up. For example: 01 is N, but 10 - NM. Memorize separately: 0 – tag, 00 –
urns (numbers remind of the corresponding images).

Write down the letters corresponding to the two-digit numbers in the table using the alphanumeric code
for 0-9 above.

Example: 23 – THZ B; 56 – FR JPX; 01 – N; 09 – C; 90 – C M

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23 56 67 01 78 59 43 12 35 88
09 65 76 98 43 51 00 82 69 21
87 75 05 69 31 84 78 08 40 27
85 42 35 97 13 07 42 77 29 05
43 92 73 86 52 79 48 28 31 53
76 74 97 50 86 25 56 67 32 86
54 41 05 69 78 32 55 86 71 94
63 02 00 38 11 26 99 67 23 87
99 08 24 67 89 37 84 26 74 96
68 94 25 36 86 45 85 37 63 64

Write down on your paper all of the numbers that correspond to the letters in this table:

THZB FRJPX JPXSD N SDGQL FRC WVKB NTHZ BFR GQLGQL
C JPXFR SDJPX CGQL WVKB FRN MM GQLTHZ JPXC THZN
GQLSD SDFR FR JPXC THZN GQLWVK SDGQL GQL WVKM THZSD
GQLFR WVKTHZ BFR CSD NTHZ SD WVKTHZ SDSD THZC FR
WVKB CTHZ SDB GQLJPX FRTHZ SDC WVKGQL THZGQL BN FRB
SDJPX SDWVK CSD FRM GQLJPX THZFR FRJPX JPXSD BTHZ GQLJPX
FRWVK WVKN FR JPXC SDGQL BTHZ FRFR GQLJPX SDN CWVK
JPXB THZ MM THZGQL NN THZJPX CC JPXSD THZB GQLSD
CC GQL THZWVK JPXSD GQLC THZSD GQLWVK THZJPX SDWVK CJPX
JPXGQL CWVK THZFR BJPX GQLJPX WVKFR GQLFR BSD JPXTHZ JPXWVK

Example: BSD – 37; CTHZ – 92…

Practice until you will be confident in coding / decoding numbers to letters and vice versa. Speed should
be the same as if you read “A, B, C, ”;

CONTROL QUESTIONS

1. What are the four conditions the images created in your imagination must comply with?
2. What is a support image?
3. How images are connected using the “Chain” method?
4. What is the difference between the “Chain” and the “Russian Doll” methods?
5. What images are used to form a sequence of support images with the Cicero method?
6. In what way is the Cicero method different from the free association technique?
7. According to what principle the alphanumeric codes get created?
8. Which mental operation leads to memorization?
9. What does a brain memorize? Images or connections between the images?
10. What is the main condition for the correct image representation from these four: large, three-

dimensional, colorful, and detailed?

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“Giordano Memorizing System” by mail. Lesson 2

EXERCISE 1

Memorize the sequence of words using the “Chain” method. Then recall the words, write them down and
check for errors. When you memorize using the “Chain” method the images are connected in pairs. The
images in each pair should be about the same size. Observe the sequence of the order of images when
creating pairs. Visualize the images as clearly as possible. Do not repeat.

marker - monkey - circle - material - flag - an Indian - thorn - bottle – table - time - scissors - cup -
cigarette - headphones - map - banner - ink - nail - needle - fishing line - duck - whale - glass -
target - belt - telephone

EXERCISE 2

Memorize the sequence of words using the “Russian Doll” method. Then recall the words, write them
down and check for errors. Do not repeat.

trough - coin - grass - cloud - crawfish - matches - carpet - button - cube – microphone - pipe -
feather - notes - badge - cigarette - magazine - glass - coffee - shoes - mouth - church - microchip -
camera - candle - dollar

EXERCISE 3

Memorize the sequence of words using “Cicero” method. Here you can use the previous support images.
Create new connections on top of the older ones. Previously created images will be deleted. Then recall
the words, write them down and check for mistakes. Do not repeat.

computer – a piece of paper – a small spring - eye - stump - film - dolphin - monument - planet -
hole

Pay attention to precision of selection of the visual images. You want to visualize not just any piece of
paper but a small one. The spring has to be the kind that you see in a mechanical clock.

EXERCISE 4

Memorize this sequence of nouns using the free associations method. You can use the older support
images. Create new connections on top of the older ones. Then recall the words, write them down and
check for mistakes. Do not repeat.

Wire - seal - vase - toy - photograph - extension piece - puppy - cologne - plaster - curtain

FIGURATIVE CODES OF DOUBLE DIGITS

You are beginning to learn the list of figurative codes of two-digit numbers from 01 to 99. Without
knowing these figurative codes you will not be able to memorize digital data because your brain cannot
recall digital information.

Each two-digit number from 00 to 99 has a corresponding unique visual image called a figurative code.
The words corresponding to the images are selected by the letters of the alphanumeric code. This way we
can achieve reliable and precise memorization and recollection of digital data codified in visual images.

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You do not have to compose figurative codes. There is a guide list of figurative codes on the site
(

http://www.pmemory.com/rbook.html

). It is recommended that you do not change the figurative

codes since they have been used in the exemplary illustrations of the various memorizing methods.

The figurative codes are made by a very simple principle.

Number 25 is transformed into the alphanumeric code - THZ-FR. Out of the five characters (THZ-FR)
choose one from each group (select two) and identify a word that contains them in the selected sequence
(do NOT transpose them) e.g. tHz-fR - the characters 'H' and 'R' are selected and are the basis for
selecting the word hare, so HaRe is assigned to the number 25.

When you know the alphanumeric code you can easily decode the figure of 25 by the first two characters
through recalling the visual image “hare" and pronouncing the word.

The alphanumeric code is required mostly at the stage of learning the list of figurative codes. When the
figurative codes are fixed in your memory the process of coding characters into digits is no longer
conscious because images produce numbers in your imagination instantly. The same thing happens when
you perceive numbers as your imagination retrieves corresponding visual images.

During the training process the long sequence of coding will become automated.

The visual image "hare"

The long chain turns short: 25 - hare or hare - 25.

In this case, we mean the creation of a reflex connection between the visual analyzer (image) and the
speech analyzer (number). A reflex connection cannot be developed instantly. It requires several days to
develop.

After creating a reflex connection between the figure 25 and the image "hare” the recollection process
will be similar to the reaction of jerking ones’ hand away from a hot iron. Once you hear "twenty five"
your imagination will bring about an image of a hare.

In the same way (i.e. automatically) you should recall images corresponding to numbers. Only at this
point can we say that the figurative codes are developed in the brain. Notice that the development of a
direct link between a number and a visual image is not any different from the development of a
connection between a word and an image (cat and the visual image of a "cat").

The quality of learning figurative codes can be tested by the average speed of recollection. Numbers
should go randomly. The speed of recognition of numbers should be about 0.5 seconds. In this case, the
figurative codes will be retained in the memory forever because the developed direct reflex connections
never disassemble.

EXERCISE 5

Learn the following figurative codes of numbers from 01 to 10.

01 N Nose
02 THZ

Hair

03 B Bull
04 WVK

Whale

05 FR aiRplane

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06 JPX

aXe

07 SD Deer
08 GQL

Lid

09 C Cookie
10

aNiMal

The figurative codes should always be visualized in the same fashion. For example, you can visualize a
big old axe. After you choose an image do not change it.

Use of the same figurative codes allows to select information stored in the memory. You will be able to
list all events pertaining to a certain day, for instance, or to recall all the telephone numbers containing
the number 25.

You will learn the figurative codes by steadily increasing tables of randomly allocated numbers.

How to learn the figurative codes using the tables:

Look at a number, visualize an image, and pronounce it. Do the exercises until the number – image
identification time is 0.5 seconds approximately. It should go without a hitch.

Before working with the tables please do the following in your imagination:

Imagine an image of an “axe”. Keep the image in your imagination. Examine the axe in detail. Draw the
number 06 in the imagined space between you and the axe. Draw the number as if you are writing with
chalk or paint on a wall. It is necessary to see both the image and the number at the same time. Look at
the image for one to two minutes. Draw the number several times in a row. (Review the subject in the
GMS Manual “Inner Drawing Technique”)

Work with the numbers and images from 01 through 10 in your imagination. Then begin to code the
numbers of the tables.

03 05 01 06 02 04 08 07 10 09
01 07 03 08 05 09 02 04 10 06
06 09 01 05 07 02 04 08 10 03
05 06 02 04 01 07 03 09 08 10
07 09 01 08 03 06 02 05 10 04

Exemplary illustration:

Look at numbers and name corresponding words. It is essential that you visualize the image
corresponding to the word clearly.

Bull – airplane – nose – axe – hair …

Encode the table in all directions until all hesitation disappears and you are sure that your encoding of
numbers into images is done right.

EXERCISE 6

Prepare 20 support images and make up (create) another 20 support images (“Cicero” method). You can
use the same images over and over again. By the word "prepare" we mean a fast browse over the images
you are going to utilize in memorizing.

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Memorize 20 numbers over the prepared support images. Connect the images into pairs. The first image
of a pair is a support image. The second image of a pair is a figurative code (the memorized number).
Recall and write them down. Check for mistakes. Do not repeat.

Exemplary illustration:

The support images: door - electrical switch - coat rack
the memorized numbers: 10 - 04 - 07
connections created in the imagination: on the door – animal; on the switch - whale; on the rack – deer.

Images of the pairs should be about the same size yet the support image should be just a little bit bigger.

Recollection:

Recall the support image “door” and “animal” on the door. If the “animal” does not bring the figure 10 at
once then you can recall this figure by the letters of the word (NM).

Memorize the next 20 numbers successively.

06 02 05 08 01 07 03 09 10 04
03 08 01 07 02 04 10 05 09 06

Do not try to memorize numbers. It is useless. Memorize specifically the images designating numbers.

CONTROL QUESTIONS

1. What are the figurative codes?
2. By what principles are the figurative codes for two-digit numbers are compiled?
3. Is there a reason in attributing several images to one number?
4. Why should the figurative codes be fixed (unique and constant)?
5. What happens when the process of coding numbers into images occurs automatically?
6. How do you examine the quality of learning the figurative codes?
7. What happens when you draw numbers on the background of a visualized image? What analyzing
systems operate simultaneously?
8. What does the multiple, simultaneous activation of the same nerve cells lead to?

TASK

Review these subjects in the GMS Manual - “The Figurative Code (FC)” and “Transforming
Numbers into Images”.

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The volume of the exercises will be gradually increasing. To avoid wasting your time during the learning
process try to keep track of the time spent on imagining things and memorizing. To create one link
between two visual images you will only need 6 seconds. The exercises of the lesson are not intended for
the long- term memorizing. Once you have memorized and recalled them you do not need to recall them
again.

EXERCISE 1

Fixing the alphanumeric code

Memorize the sequence of words by the “Chain” method:

globe - devil - stockings - player - cable - crow - helmet - pen - lamp - mushroom - pineapple- bee -
lid - cactus - drill - bucket - plane - whistle - telephone - saxophone - log - tree - screw-driver - car -
puppet – belt - dollar - arms - aircraft - rocket

Recall the sequence of the images.

Recall the sequence of the images one more time but write down only numbers corresponding to the first
three consonants of the memorized words.

Example:

1 – N, 2 – THZ, 3 – B, 4 – WVK, 5 – FR, 6 – JPX, 7 – SD, 8 – GQL, 9 – C, 0 – M

GLoBe -883, DeViL -748, SToCkings -729, PLayeR - 685; and so on…
883 - 748 - 729 - ... - 594…

EXERCISE 2

Symbolization Technique

This method of codification is used to transform abstract nouns into visual images. An abstract noun can
have several visual representations in your mind. Choose the image that suits you best.

Example:

Pain – dentists’ chair, grief – casket, wealth – moneybag, etc

Associate the symbols with abstract words and memorize the chosen images using the “Chain” method.
When you recollect the images to test yourself write down the original words.

Pain - sadness - riches - sickness - poverty - separation - space - time - philosophy - love - friendship
- fun - eternity - cold - spring - jealousy - trouble - luck

EXERCISE 3

Linking to the familiar information technique

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The familiar information is the information that brings back visual images in your mind.

Example:

911 – 39 – 45

911 – 9/11 - Terrorist attack
39 – 1939 – Second World War starts
45 – 1945 – Second World War ends

911 – airplane; 39 – bicycle; 45 – firework

Transform the following words into images by the linking to the familiar information technique.
Memorize the images by the “Chain” method. When recalling the images write down the original words.

State Washington – 2000 – state Hawaii – state Florida – 13 – John – Tom – Napoleon – Venus –
Leo Jordan – Hitler - Fast Food

If a title consists of two-word images then, before memorizing their connections with other images, you
should associate them together:

“Leo Jordan” - (Leo –

Leonardo DiCaprio

– Titanic; “Jordan” – Michael Jordan – Basketball - Ball;

The associative link: Ball on the Titanic.

Link only the base of association (Titanic) to the next images (Hitler)

EXERCISE 4

Encoding by Consonance Technique

The words that do not evoke visual images in your mind can be coded by consonance, i.e. by other
words, similar in the way they sound (but bringing visual images) and convenient for memorizing.

Example:

Factor – tractor, kub – cube, ricca – pizza, fian – fan.

Transform the words into visual images using the method of codifying by consonance. Memorize the
perceived images by the “Chain” method. When recalling the images, write down the original words.
You do not have to memorize their meaning. You only have to reproduce the words with their correct
spelling.

Factor – ricca – slate – dool – marc – sut – kano – peir – arsc – pinel - roys – bys - zoor – worder –
ded – viras – tabli

When you memorize using this technique you need to focus on the goal of memorization. The goal is not
just to recall some words but to recall their correct spelling. Thus when you use "picca" to memorize
"ricca" note to yourself that you need to change the first letter. Try to pronounce it - "ricca" while looking
at the image of "picca" in your mind. When everything is memorized do the control recall and if
something is missing, memorize it again.

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EXERCISE 5

Creating of a word from consonants

In this method, you have to select a word with the first three consonant letters that match the memorized
combinations of letters. The images should be convenient for memorizing.

Example:

CLC - CaLCulator, TLP - TeLePhone, PLT - PLaTe, TBL - TaBLe…

You may come across complex combinations of consonants and it might be hard to find a suitable word.
In this case, find an image described in two words. As a rule, those are an adjective and a noun. The
meaningful letters in this case are the first consonant letter of an adjective and two first consonants of a
noun.

Example:

HST – Heavy STone, LFT - Light FeaTher

Memorize the sequence of the images using the “Chain” method. Recall the images and write down the
original information, i.e. the groups of consonants.

PRT – TBL – SPN – CMP – CLN – RMT – SPK – PRN – TLV – SCR – BLC – MTR – SCN – DCT
– SFT – PNS – VGN – MRR – SPK – CHR – LMP – LPH – SNC – CHC – SMT – PLN - VCB

EXERCISE 6

Creating a Word from the Syllables Technique

Syllables are to be built up to a meaningful word that brings up a visual image in your imagination and is
convenient for memorizing.

Example:

VAS – VASe, APP – APPle, HOU – HOUse, POL - POLice , NTE - aNTEater

Syllables could be built up from either side:

BLE – taBLE, TER – compuTER

Upon recollection you can easily recall which part of the word bears the meaning.

Transform the syllables into images and memorize the images using the “Chain” method. Recall the
images and write down the original information (Syllables).

BLE – LEM – FEE – ISS – STI – TCH – OOK – NTE – ARD – LET – ISK – MER – RLD – ETS –
PLA – BLE – STA – DIO – AIL – CEN – SHO – FIG – MUS – AIR – BUT – IRD – ELE

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EXERCISE 7

Memorize these 10 figurative codes of the two-digit numbers (from 11 through 20)

11 N-N

oNioN

12 N-THZ

aNTeater

N-B

NiBlick or NiB

14 N-WVK aNVil
15 N-FR

NaRcissus

16 N-JPX

Nippers

17 N-SD

NeeDle

18 N-GQL aNGel
19 N-C

NeCktie

20 THZ-M HaM

Select images carefully and never change them. Images should be convenient for memorizing. They
should be easily manipulated in your imagination (rotate, magnify, deflate, select parts). Always
visualize images as large, colorful, three-dimensional and detailed.

Work with each of the images using the mental drawing method. Imagine “onion” in the background and
draw the figure 11. You should see both “onion” and the figure 11. Work with each figurative code from
11 through 20.

EXERCISE 8

Transform the numbers into the figurative codes verbally. Continue working with the table to transform
numbers until you can recite them with ease. Additionally, process the images of the numbers you cannot
recall using the mental drawing method. Codify the table in different directions. Please do visualize the
images (figurative codes).

14 16 11 17 02 11 04 13 17 18
11 07 15 16 03 20 18 06 09 13
18 02 16 01 10 17 13 19 11 20
19 03 01 20 14 12 05 14 17 05
12 15 18 04 15 09 08 07 16 10
12 08 14 12 13 15 18 11 19 06

Example:

Anvil – nippers – onion – needle – hair …

EXERCISE 9

Prepare 20 support images and form (create new) 20 more support images with the “Cicero” method.
You can keep reusing the old images just as a floppy disk. Memorize numbers. The figurative code of a
number should be linked with the support images prepared beforehand. The support image is the first
image of the pair which means that the figurative code of a number is recorded upon the support image
and not vice versa.

09 19 02 10 04 15 06 11 14 18
05 17 07 12 01 13 03 20 08 16

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EXERCISE 10

Print out 20 cards.

http://www.Pmemory.com/cards.html.

Whenever possible shuffle the cards to make

a random sequence of numbers. Codify numbers into images and vice versa. Achieve the high speed of
coding.

To get a feel of how fast the numbers should be transformed into images, read these letters: A K I N X E
T O M E N M. You can pronounce the letters effortlessly with no delay. This is because, over the years,
you have developed a reflex - a link between a letter (sign, character) and a sound it represents. The
numbers should be coded into visual images with the same easiness and speed.

Please do the exercises on the day you receive them. It is very important that you do the exercises
regularly. Get used to performing the exercises quickly (both memorizing and recollection). Do not pay
attention to mistakes. Only those who do nothing make no mistakes. The very process of performing the
exercises (memorizing and recollection) is important.

CONTROL QUESTIONS

1. What is the principle of the “symbolization method”?
2. What information is called “easily-remembered”?
3. For which words is the “codifying by consonance” method is used?
4. What type of method uses the creation of a word by three consonants (TLP - TeLePhone)?
5. Where can the method of creating words by syllables be used (VAS - VASe)?
6. How can you tell whether the figurative code has been learned or not?
7. When linking a support image with a figurative code of a number - which of the two is the base of the
association and which is the part?
8. How does the base of association differ from the part of association?
9. What do you know about the relative image sizes (see the GMS Manual)?
10. Can a figurative code be a base of association?

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DO THE EXERCISES REGULARLY

The complexity and volume of exercises will gradually increase. It is enough to keep the connected
images in your imagination for 6 seconds in order to create a link. Keep track of the time it takes you to
memorize the exercises. It is better to recollect with gaps and mistakes, and then spend some extra time
memorizing the missed images, than to ponder over one link for 30 seconds.

LEARN TO TRUST YOUR MEMORY

When memorizing and recalling visual images you should SEE information in your imagination just like
on a computer screen. Speech and text should be for recollection only. Information is read from pictures
arising in your imagination (process of decoding). Do not look at the screen when memorizing. Look at
some monotonous surface. Visualize large images in the imagined space about 6 to 10 feet away from
you. The eyes of a right-handed person would usually look to the right - downwards when they visualize.

GMS � is a system of internal recording by visual images based on mnemonics. Historically
mnemonics appeared before literacy.

You should have 60 support images generated by the “Cicero” method. You can use them repeatedly.
Having memorized the exercise by the “Cicero” method, do not repeat it after recollection! The support
images will be released and you can use them for memorization in others exercises.

EXERCISE 1

Memorize this sequence of words using the “Chain” method. Decode words into digits using the
alphanumeric code (GuiTaR - 8 2 5) upon recollection.

Guitar - box - motorcycle - cream - cartridge - torch - lamp - screw - folder - glass - ring - remote -
tulip - nail - winding - armchair - picture - album - headphones - planet - hut - cloud - herb - switch
- engine - seal - fan - petal - hair - circle

Recall and write down. Do not repeat.

EXERCISE 2

Transform these words into images using the symbolization method. Memorize the sequence using the
“Russian Doll” method.

Accuracy - nonsense - rage - assiduity - pride - speed - tenderness - politeness - heat - humidity - to
run - to look - to admire - to enjoy - to trust - reflection - hatred - diligence - carelessness

Recall and write down. Do not repeat.

Choose easy-to-memorize images. Bad images for memorizing might be forest, room, universe, street,
and city. Good images: eraser, pencil, key, monitor, cup, telephone.

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EXERCISE 3

Transform information to images using the linking to familiar information technique. Memorize
sequence images using the “Chain” method

Jupiter planet – New Jersey state – Texas - Chunky city – Washington – Phoenix - Milky Way –
Indiana - JFK Airport – Maryland - Kruger city - Crystal Springs city - 2001

Recall and write down. Do not repeat.

Memorize only names. "Planet", "city", "state", "airport" will be recalled automatically.

EXERCISE 4

Transform information into images using the consonance codifying method. Memorize the sequence of
images using the “Russian Doll” method.

Bable – hame – woor – daple - har – zamp – zloppy – hagel – mools – hrugs – resote – rirus -
happle – proops – zeakers – rinter - lesko – kion – zars – rractor

Recall and write down. Do not repeat.

EXERCISE 5

Review the GMS Manual on “Association Creation” in the “Basic GMS Concepts” section. Memorize
senseless combinations of letters using the method of creating words out of syllables and by the method
of creating associative connections. Allocate the basis within an association. Memorize a sequence of
associations (basis) using the “Cicero” method. You can use the same supporting images repeatedly.

Example:

MONFORPAC - divide the word into parts ��N FOR PAC. Build each syllable up in order to form a
meaningful word: MONintor - FORk - �ACk. Choose the base of the association - the monitor. In the
image of "monitor" in a downward order allocate two sub-images - two parts: the monitor screen,
monitor adjustment buttons. Create links: a fork was stabbed into the monitor screen; a pack is glued to
the buttons. Memorize the sequence of the association. In order to do this you need to link the ‘monitor’
image with the next support image. The support image is the first image of the pair and the second image
of the pair is the base of the association (monitor),

Recall the support image, the base of association and the whole association (three images). Retrieve the
original word - MONFORPAC using the images of the association (the monitor with the fork and the
pack).

During the primary memorizing do not try to memorize the sounds of the words. It is useless in
memorizing large quantities of new terms. You should remember only associations - the combinations of
pictures. You should recollect images and then read words out of them, reassembling words out of the
first syllables of the words designating images.

Memorize, recall and write down. Do not repeat.

horsofpho – boopapmic – shiplaroc – piclaptow – phomacfor – knishospr – ducbutpro – scatelsat –
chesalsus – cocspoboa – tenfilmon – walcardis – chidolgui – memwhepar - fisocemas

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watsteove: WAT – basis of association, STE and OVE – elements of the association (WATer, STEamer,
OVEn)

EXERCISE 6

Learn 10 figurative codes (21 - 30).

21 THZ-N

HaNd

22 THZ-

THZ

HaT

23 THZ-B

TaBlet

24 THZ-WVK

ToWel

25 THZ-FR HaRe
26 THZ-JPX TaPe
27 THZ-SD HeaD
28 THZ-GQL HeLmet
29 THZ-C

HaCksaw

30 B-M

BeaM

Work with images and numbers in your imagination. Visualize an image and visualize a number with the
image in the background.

EXERCISE 7

Encode this table in figurative codes. Try to reach a high speed of coding. It is important not only to
name numbers by words (25 for hare) but also to precisely visualize the image of a hare upon perceiving
the digits in the number (25).

22 29 21 29 26 27 22 26 30 28
23 30 26 24 30 24 25 27 24 23
25 28 23 21 22 29 25 21 28 27

EXERCISE 8

Codify the table into figurative codes. Try to reach a high speed of encoding.

07 05 13 03 21 25 03 17 08 14
25 09 17 28 11 14 30 08 11 22
16 04 29 01 06 23 24 02 21 26
24 27 04 12 10 07 29 18 27 01
30 12 20 28 15 10 18 02 09 19
06 16 05 15 23 26 19 22 20 13

EXERCISE 9

Form 30 support images using the “Cicero” method. Review them in your imagination. Use the old
support images (you should have 60 support images for temporary memorizing in exercises).

Use these 60 support images as a floppy disk for multiple memorizing for training purposes. After
memorizing and recalling do not repeat the information so that the support images can be erased
(deletion occurs “automatically" unless you repeat the link on purpose).

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Transform numbers into figurative codes and memorize this sequence of figurative codes using 30
support images (“Cicero” method). Recall, write down and check for errors in recollection. Do not
repeat.

The support image is the first image of a pair. The figurative code is the second image of a pair.
Figurative codes of numbers are not interconnected.

Memorize:

13 08 11 19 03 14 28 07 23 16
05 20 29 01 17 06 24 10 30 27
02 18 12 09 21 04 26 15 22 25

EXERCISE 10

In addition to the 20 cards with numbers, that you already have, print out ten more (numbers from 21 to
30).

During a day shuffle the cards and train yourself to encode numbers into figurative codes and vice versa.
You have to achieve a high-speed of coding. It should not take any longer than one second per card. The
numbers with images that you cannot recall for several seconds should be worked with additionally in
your imagination. Visualize images and corresponding numbers in the background.

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CREATION OF ASSOCIATION

The main method of memorizing in the GMS is creating associations. Do not confuse associations with
the process of linking two images. Linking two images is only a method to create an association.

Review the “Two Image Types”, “The “Information Message” Concept”, “Association Creation”, “Rules
of Creating Connections” in the section “Basic GMS Concepts” of the GMS Manual.

In the next exercise you will create associations. Here is an example of how to do it. You can also refer to
the GMS Manual because it contains pictures.

Suppose we have to link these images: MOSQUITO - BUTTER - TEA SPOON - BUTTON -
TRACTOR. Choose a base for association. In this case it will be the first image of the five. The base of
the association is the “Mosquito” image. We have to place the other four images over this image
successively: butter, teaspoon, button and tractor. In essence, the base of the association turns into the
support image for the other elements. In order to avoid confusion in the sequence of elements they should
be recorded over the base in one direction only: from left to right or from the top downward. Unlike the
support image (which has no informational value) the base of the association in itself is a part of the
information.

Reading order

Example:

In a successive order allocate the other four images (sub-images) in the "Mosquito" image: proboscis,
head, wings and tail. Then create four separate links consecutively in your imagination. When linking
images visualize large images and pay attention to the sequence of connections of each pair. The parts of
the mosquito should be the first images in a pair while butter, tea spoon, button and tractor are the
secondary images in a pair. The first image of a pair should always be of a greater size than the second
one. The second image of a pair should penetrate into the first and be located ON the first image or at the
right side of it.

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The difference between memorizing onto whole image and onto sub-images

First link

a pack of butter is on the proboscis.

Second link a teaspoon is on the head.
Third link

a button is on a wing.

Fourth link

a tractor is on the tail.

After creating four separate links visualize the whole association. Try to see a large Mosquito (3
dimensional) - rotate, zoom in, and view it in detail. On its parts you will see the fixed linked images.
Association is always read in one direction. First is called out the base of association and then its
elements - in the order they were fixed:

Mosquito - butter - teaspoon - button - tractor

To fix the sequence of each association (if there is more than one) it needs to be additionally linked to the
support image. For this purpose, it is necessary to connect the support image with the basis of an
association. In the given example, the image of "Mosquito" needs to be linked with a support image.
Other images of an association are not to be visualized. When connecting the images visualize only two
large linked images.

Every connection should be created independently. Try to see only two images in your imagination.

In the next exercise you have to memorize 75 images at once and then recall them all (entire images, not
their parts).

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I remind you that the basic purpose of the introduction course is the development of the stability of your
attention (a gradual increase of the volume of memorized images) and learning the system of figurative
codes and the basic methods of memorizing.

EXERCISE 1

Prepare 8 support images using the Cicero method. Review them in your imagination.

Memorize four associations (first create these associations) on top of the four support images

1st support image:

Association: "SCREW – STAMP - BADGE - RUBBER - SATELLITE"

2nd support image:

Association: "MOSQUITO - BUTTER - TEA SPOON - BUTTON - TRACTOR"

3rd support image:

Association: "BAG - GATE - SCALPEL - LENS - TOOTH"

4th support image:

Association: "T-SHIRT - ANTENNA - STAR - HEADLIGHT - BRUSH"

Memorize the sequence of words using the “Chain” method and attach this chain to the fifth support
image. For this purpose connect the support image and the first image of a sequence.

5th support image:

Log - parrot - cherry - lid - plywood - jacket - camera - elk - ladder - walkie-talkie - tape recorder -
saucer - bottle - pillow - heart

Memorize this sequence of words using the “Russian Doll” method. Tie this sequence to the sixth
support image, thereby connecting the support image and the first image of the sequence.

6th support image:

water well - canister - cat - telescope - automobile - giraffe - pipe - banner - scarf - snowman -
cabbage - mushrooms - snake - moon - swimming pool

Build up the syllables to the sensible words. Tie them together using the “Chain” method and fix this
sequence to the seventh base image. (ROS - ROSe, PAC – PACkage)

7th support image:

ROS – PAC – LIG – LIM – ENV – FLO – MOV – SOF – BOA – DIC – PIC

Transform three-digit numbers into figurative codes. Memorize their sequence using the “Chain” method
and fix this sequence to the eighth support image.

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Please note. Linking figurative codes can be done only during the training. You should not link the
figurative codes when you are memorizing real (necessary) information.

8th support image:

239 (HuBCap) – 723 (STuB) – 738 (SaBLe) – 753 (DooRBell) – 306 (BuMPer) – 011 (MaNNequin)
– 181 (eNGiNe) – 202 (ToMaTo) – 148 (aNKLet) – 145 (iNKer)

CONTROL RECOLLECTION

After memorizing, write everything you can recall down on a piece of paper. During controlled
recollection you should not peek before you write everything down. The purpose of controlled
recollection is to reveal information that you did not remember or remembered incorrectly.

After you find the mistakes memorize the data you missed or recalled with mistakes.

Recall the exercise one more time. Successively look through the support images and write down the
associations and words memorized using the “Chain” method, then the words memorized using the
“Russian Doll” method, syllables method, and three-digit numbers method.

For the test purposes you have to recall everything as a whole

Screw - stamp - badge - rubber – satellite

Mosquito - butter - teaspoon - button - tractor

Bag - gate - scalpel - lens - tooth

T-shirt – antenna - star - headlight - brush

Log - parrot - cherry - lid - plywood - jacket - camera - elk - ladder - walkie-talkie - tape recorder -
saucer - bottle - pillow - heart

Water well - canister - cat - telescope - automobile - giraffe - pipe - banner - scarf - snowman -
cabbage - mushrooms - snake - moon - swimming pool

ROS – PAC – LIG – LIM – ENV – FLO – MOV – SOF – BOA – DIC – PIC

239 – 723 – 738 – 753 – 306 – 011 – 181 – 202 – 148 – 145

EXERCISE 2

Learn 10 figurative codes (31 - 40).

B-N

BaNdana

32 B-THZ

BaTh

33 B-B

BaBy

34 B-WVK BeaK
35 B-FR

BeeR

36 B-JPX

BoX

37 B-SD

BeD

38 B-GQL BaG

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39 B-C

BiCycle

40 WVK-M KiMono

Work with the images and numbers in your imagination. Visualize an image and mentally draw a number
in the background.

EXERCISE 3

Encode the tables into figurative codes. Try to achieve a high speed of encoding. It is important not only
to give designations to numbers (like 35 for “beer”) but also visualize precisely the image of the “beer”
while perceiving the number “35”.

36 34 36 39 32 36 33 40 38 40
34 38 33 32 36 32 39 38 31 31
34 35 40 38 31 35 40 37 33 39
35 35 37 31 33 37 34 39 37 32

EXERCISE 4

Codify the table into figurative codes. Try to reach a high speed of encoding.

07 33 02 32 11 23 38 13 16 04
21 14 29 09 27 18 03 37 40 26
31 20 39 22 01 15 34 17 35 08
06 30 10 19 24 12 28 05 36 25

EXERCISE 5

Memorize the words under the ordinal numbers. (Memorizing under ordinal numbers is used in exercises
or for temporary memorizing of data).

Images linked into pairs. The first image of a pair is the figurative code number. The secondary images
of a pair are the memorized image. Neither numbers nor the memorized words are connected.
Memorizing under ordinal numbers is based upon the fact that people are able to accurately recall
numerical series.

Example:

1. An element

Coding: Nose, hydrogen chemical element (the letter “�”, 3 dimensional, made of plastic). Link: the
letter “�” is attached to the nose.

Example:

2. The Earth.

Coding: hair, planet. Link: in the hair the Earth (planet).

Example:

3. Concrete

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Coding: Bull, concrete. Link: splash of concrete on the bull.

To transform words into images use suitable methods: symbolization, linking to familiar information,
codifying by consonance, dividing into syllables and building them up to get a meaningful word and
other combinations of methods.

STABLE COLLOCATIONS

Use set expressions and collocations. For example, the word "process" is often used in a combination of
other words - "the process of burning or smoldering". This word can be assigned an image of a piece of
burning cotton wool. The word "people" can be assigned an image of a "bus". The word "people" is
linked to a set expression - "people riding a bus".

Memorize:

1. An element
2. The Earth
3. Concrete
4. Reader
5. Rock
6. Depth
7. Septic
8. Process
9. Design
10. Accident
11. Straw
12. Cold
13. Wall
14. Drainpipe
15. Human being
16. Chamber
17. Roofing cover
18. Wedge
19. People
20. Registrar

EXERCISE 6

In addition to the 30 cards with numbers you need to print out ten more (numbers from 31 through 40).

During the day shuffle the cards and train yourself to encode the numbers into figurative codes and vice
versa. You have to achieve a high speed of codifying. It should take no longer than one second per card.
Process the numbers with images you cannot recall for several seconds. Visualize the images and draw
the corresponding numbers in the background.

Please note that you should be able to handle the figurative codes of two-digit numbers with ease before
the next course - Your First Database. Otherwise, precise memorizing of any information is not going
to happen.

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CONTROL QUESTIONS

What is the difference between the artificial association and the creation of links between two images?
What function does the base of association have in an association?
What is the point in memorizing an informational message? For example: a telephone number.
What makes the prior coding of information into visual images possible?
What is the sense of memorizing?
What does the "direct recording into the brain" mean?
Why can we remember the phrase “The keys are on the table” with ease?
Why can we not memorize “teyburu noh wenee hongah arimasu” with the same ease?
What is the prerequisite for cognition or memorizing a speech?

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MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IMAGES

GMS students often come across the issue as to where to get the necessary amount of basic images for
memorizing.

It is true that it is not always easy to find stimulation images for the “Cicero” method. Objects on your
street and around your house may become too repetitive.

We can use any random image as a support image. It is important that these images are convenient for
memorizing and mental handling.

Now you will generate a two-level system of support images. The 10 images allocated by “Cicero”
method will make the first level. The second level will be made of a short sequence of random images
connected using the “Russian Doll” method.

In multilevel systems of support images the final image (onto which information is recorded) is the
image of the last level - second level – in the two-level system. All the preceding levels (in this example
the images are singled out by “Cicero” method) are auxiliary.

EXERCISE 1

Form 10 images, singled out by the “Cicero” method (the stimulation images of the first level).

Connect five images using the “Russian Doll” method and fix every short sequence onto the next
stimulation image of the first level.

Ten minutes should be enough to form this small system of the support images. Clearly visualize each
separate link in your imagination. Do short control recollections. Memorize the first sequence - recall it.
Memorize the second sequence and check it. After memorizing "run" through all the stimulation images
in your imagination.

When recalling the images avoid mentally calling them by their name or using any words. Visualize each
image of the sequence separately, magnified, three dimensional, colorful and in detail. Control the
recollection time. Avoid sticking to an image for longer than three seconds. Perform the recollection
exercise in “one gulp”, without breaks. Do not stop until you scan through all the images.

Example:

Pigeon sitting (“Cicero” method) on a door handle
a ring (enlarged in the beak of the pigeon)
a pencil stick in the ring’s price tag (enlarged)
a shoe on the tip of the pencil (enlarged)
a cat in the lace hole (enlarged)

1st image (“Cicero” method) - pigeon - ring - pencil - shoe - cat
2nd image (“Cicero” method) - electrical bulb - exercise book - scissors - eraser - button
3rd image (“Cicero” method) - microphone - fly - corkscrew - shampoo - newspaper
4th image (“Cicero” method) - battery - glass - receiver - hairpin - cover

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5th image (“Cicero” method) - mop - wallet - pear – Christmas tree - chair
6th image (“Cicero” method) - telephone - cartridge - coat rack - key - cloth
7th image (“Cicero” method) - brush - ball - paint - plug - towel
8th image (“Cicero” method) - herb - saucer - brick - disk - tractor
9th image (“Cicero” method) - backpack - chain – car - crane - scarecrow
10th image (“Cicero” method) – teapot - soldering iron - mouse - scanner - saw – chalk

THE METHOD OF CLUE ASSOCIATIONS (MCA)

The “MCA” is utilized to memorize titles, terms and last names. The reason why it is called the “method
of clue associations” is because new unfamiliar words are coded into associations (combinations) of
visual images that offer a clue on the pronunciation of a new word when prompted for a recall.

When you want to memorize a number of new titles at once cramming is not going to work. Each new
title has to be transformed into a combination of visual images. These, in turn, are fixed onto the support
images. In the future, when recalling the support images, you will be able to read the new titles by
associations.

The “clue associations” method is a combination of four methods of codifying: symbolization (love =
heart), linking to the familiar information (110 V = power outlet), codifying by consonance (factor =
tractor), and the syllable-build up into a word (MIN = MINe).

The new word is divided into parts and each part can be encoded into images by any of the methods. The
resulting visual images are incorporated into the ASSOCIATION. Note that any association always has a
base and elements. One informational message is encoded into one association. In this case it is the title.
The title can be designated only by one visual image. If there are two or more images then they are
combined into an association.

The association is fixed onto the support image at the base. A link is created: the support image is the
base of the association.

EXERCISE 2

In this exercise, you memorize the precise sequence of the 50 states of the USA. Do this as follows:

Examples:

Alabama State

Break the word into two parts: ALA and BAM. Transform each part into a word: ALA – ALArm
(consonance) – alarm-clock (symbolization), BAM – BAMboo. Create association: alarm-clock (base)
has minute-hands made out of bamboo (element). Fix the association at the stimulation image using the
“Chain” method: alarm-clock on pigeons’ wings.

Preliminary memorizing of the stimulation images of the second level using the “Russian Doll” method
prevents confusion of images upon recollection. You can clearly distinguish where the title (alarm-clock
with bamboo) is fixed and where the next stimulation image is in the image of "pigeon". Enlarge the
pigeons’ beak. There is a ring in the beak. Fix the next title onto the ring.

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Alaska State

Alaska – salmon (symbolization). Fix the association on the support image: salmon is in the ring. Look
at the next support image: a pencil is in the rings’ price tag (enlarged).

Arizona State

Break the word into two parts: ARI and ZON. Transform each part into a word: ARI – ARIa, ZON –
ZONe. Aria – a piece of music on a paper. Zone - surrounded by barbed wire. Create the association: A
piece of music paper wrapped with barbed wire. Fix the association on the support image using the
“Chain” method: a piece of music paper is on the pencil. Look at the next support image. Zoom into the
pencils’ tip and see a shoe.

Arkansas State

Break the word into two parts: ARK and ANSA. Transform each part into a word: ARK – ARK, ANSA
– NASA. Create association: In an arks’ main entrance look at a NASA shuttle. Fix the association at the
support image using the “Chain” method: ark - sticks out of the shoe. Look at the next support image.
Zoom onto the shoes’ lace hole and see a cat.

California State

California – surfboard (symbolization). Fix the association on the support image: surfboard is on the
cats’ back.

Intermediary control recollection:

Read five names. A door - support image of the first level. Pigeon - Alabama, ring - Alaska, pencil -
Arizona, shoe - Arkansas, cat - California.

While recording - linking two images in imagination, it is necessary to enlarge only the two connected
images. Any technique of memorizing is reduced to an elementary mental operation - connecting of two
images in the imagination. Do not visualize many visual images at once. Only two images (enlarged,
detailed, in color and three-dimensional) should be connected at once.

Memorize the states of the USA. (The name of each state is coded into images or in an association and
fixed onto the base image).

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Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California

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Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia

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Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa

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Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland

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Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri

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Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire – New Jersey

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New Mexico – New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio

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Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina

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South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah – Vermont

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Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin – Wyoming

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Achieve correct recollection of the sequence of all the 50 states of the USA. By recollecting images,
memorized using the "Russian Doll” method, you list the support images of the second level in your
imagination. Above these images are fixed the associations that prompt the names of the states.

Run the names of the states for 2-3 days in your imagination. Train yourself to read the names by
associations. You have to achieve automatic recollection. Then you will not need to repeat this exercise.

A sequence of names can be memorized by various methods. The method of memorizing given above is
not the only method. Further, we will study other methods of fixing sequences of names in the memory.

EXERCISE 3

Learn the figurative codes of the numbers (41 thru 50)

41 WVK-N KaNgaroo
42 WVK-THZ

WaTermelon

43 WVK-B ViBrator
44 WVK-WVK

KiWi

45 WVK-FR WeRewolf
46 WVK-JPX ViPer
47 WVK-SD VaSe
48 WVK-GQL

aWL

49 WVK-C WiCket
50 FR-M

FoaM

Draw numbers with images in the background.

EXERCISE 4

Encode the numbers of the table into images. Try to achieve a high speed in codifying.

44 41 42 48 49 46 42 46 50 48
48 49 50 41 46 44 49 46 47 44
42 41 48 44 43 47 43 47 50 42
45 50 43 45 41 45 43 45 49 47

EXERCISE 5

Encode the numbers of the table into images. Try to achieve a high speed in codifying.

08 49 28 05 30 11 17 43 24 36
22 46 02 35 15 40 03 31 06 25
39 50 10 23 33 21 42 13 44 18
16 29 27 19 01 38 09 48 37 34
47 04 41 12 45 26 07 32 14 20

EXERCISE 6

Memorize the table of exercise 5 using the “Chain” method. Recall it but do not repeat.

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When memorizing real (necessary) information, never connect figurative codes among themselves. Also,
avoid using long (more than five) sequences of images. Breaking of these rules is only allowed during
the training exercises when long-term memorizing is not required.

EXERCISE 7

Print out cards with numbers from 41 through 50. Add these cards to your card set. Train yourself to
encode numbers into images and images into numbers at any available time. Mix the cards to get a
random sequence of numbers.

CONTROL QUESTIONS

1. What methods of codifying does the method of “clue associations” include?
2. Can you learn the precise sequence of 100 names of medical drugs by cramming?
3. Why is it called the method of “clue associations”?
4. What are the support images of multilevel systems?
5. Upon images of what level is the memorized information fixed?
6. What are the other levels in the multilevel systems of the support images needed for?
7. Why, during the exercises, did you memorize the stimulation images of the second level using the
"Russian Doll" method?
8. What could happen if you were to memorize the basic images of the second level using the Chain-links
method?
9. What is connected into one association when memorizing the states of the USA?
10. How do you correctly memorize an association on a basic image?

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