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New York Times article on memorization - kerecsen - 2011-02-24
I've just found this article.... It gives a very good summary of the ideas RTK and KanjiTown is based on: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/20/magazine/mind-secrets.html
If for nothing else, it's great to give to friends and family an idea of what these methods are about
New York Times article on memorization - Ryuujin27 - 2011-02-24
Great read, thanks.
I'd be interested to see whether or not the whole idea of creating a memory palace could work for kanji. I'm sure it would. Try doing them 3 at a time like the author, or go up to 5-10 at a time and put them in a room with a crazy image. Hell, we already do the crazy images, now we just have to use more spatial memory and a similar setting.
New York Times article on memorization - SheekuAltair - 2011-02-24
"I'd be interested to see whether or not the whole idea of creating a memory palace could work for kanji."
Our memory palace is the Kanji itself. So it's unnecassery to create another memory palace for the Kanji, unless one wants to remember a list of Kanji ordered from A to Z, or ordered by radicals, on yomi. If body parts are used: mouth radicals in mouth, rice field radicals in brain etc... But since all we want, or at least I do, is recognize the Kanji, not list all Kanjis with brain radicals etc.
Great article by the way.
New York Times article on memorization - astendra - 2011-02-25
Nice one, thanks.
There are a few variations on this for learning kanji readings. Search for 'Kanji Town' or the 'Movie Method'. The only real downside I can see is that it is quite a daunting task, as far as creating the images go.