What do you get when you put together memory methods, flannel-clad dad music, and your subway reading? An iteration of This, That Or The Other! In this game, contestants must identify if a phrase is a ...

A cheese plate is a beautiful thing. But if you’re unskilled in the kitchen, you may not know what goes into creating one. To make it easier, remember this mnemonic device: “Something old, something ...

Writing as a system of signs : Ways of communicating ideas ; Definition of writing ; Sources of information ; Study of writing -- Forerunners of writing : Primitive drawings ; ...

Does the prospect of writing an essay make you squirm? Do you dread drafting an email? Maybe you should PEE. Not literally (unless you gotta go): It’s an acronym that can help you become a better, ...

Although mnemonic devices far predate the written word, both Cicero and Quintilian name Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BCE) as the first teacher of an art of memory. Simonides composed the epitaph for ...

Let us all learn how to pronounce the name of Oregon's starting quarterback, shall we? If Mariota pronouncing his own name on camera is not enough to make you remember it already, this being Campus ...

People are more likely to remember information they draw than information they visualize, write, or photograph, a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science says. Whereas other ...

The best way to diagnose a strange skin bump is often to decide what it's not. So say the researchers who have devised a mnemonic device useful for determining that the lesion or lump isn't a bite ...