Page 244 - Use Your Memory

REMEMBERING NAMES AND FACES
The quickest and easiest way for you to learn the application of
these principles is to put them immediately into practice. On the
following pages I have doubled the number of faces and names
you were asked to remember in the original test on pages 20 and
21.1 have given suggestions on how you might apply die principles
to remembering the names associated with five of the faces. Look
carefully at them and at the remaining fifteen, remembering as
many as you can, then test yourself on pages 144 to 147.
Memorisation of Faces
If you wanted, for example, to remember the names of the faces on
pages 140 to 143, you would simply apply the techniques outlined
- looking closely at the faces, finding some characteristics that you
could imaginatively associate with the name, and then making
your mnemonic image.
For example, MrMapley (No. 9) is easy to remember in that his
face is deeply furrowed and lined, and that his hair is similarly
laced with patterns - thus a map, leading to Mapley.
Mr Suzuki (No. 12) has particularly pronounced eyebrows,
which you could imagine as the flamboyant handlebars of a Suzuki
motorbike.
Ms Knight (No. 15) has hair that hangs - thus you might imagine
her bending her head down from the top of a castle, with some
valiant knight climbing up her tresses to rescue her.
Mr Burn (No. 19) has very close-cropped and dark hair. You
might imagine that his face was a countryside and that his hair was
the result of a gigantic bush or forest fire that had burned all the
vegetation.
Ms Hammond (No. 20), although she looks like the typical
'blonde beauty', also has a jowl structure that could remind you of
the best leg of pork - ham!
One other point about remembering people: if you are certain
that you will be meeting a person only once and are not concerned
with your long-term memory of the name and the face, it is often
useful to use an outstanding item of clothing that the person might
be wearing. This method, of course, is no good for long-term
memory, since a person will probably not be wearing the same
clothes next time. The same point applies to hairstyles and beards.