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It’s not just the mind freaks who can have a photographic memory! We’ve heard the stories about exceptional human beings who are able to recite huge volumes of data or draw intricate cityscapes after just a 5 minute helicopter ride.

But dare you imagine if you had the exact same powers and ability? Is it really possible to improve my memory that much? Wouldn’t it be just incredible? Below are are 3 techniques that you can use to improve your photographic memory ability. But before we get started, please remember that photographic memory requires practice and technique. So if you can’t do it after the first try, do not quit. Give yourself some time to get used to it.

The ‘link’ system is the first technique. Basically, the link system is a process where you visually link each item on a list in order to remember the list, and this way you are able to remember a much larger list than you normally could. It works by linking each item in a ridiculous or outrageous way. For example, if you were trying to remember the following list: dog food, apples, bananas, bread and milk; you could imagine a huge hill of dog food and link it with the next item which is apples. You could imagine an apple tree perched at the top of the hill. And then you would link the next item and so on. The brain is able to remember the list because each item is linked to each other in a ridiculous and therefore memorable way.

The second method used is the peg system which is another good way for memorizing lists. It works by pre-memorizing a list of words that are easy to associate with the numbers they represent (#1-gun, #2-zoo, #3-tree, #4-door, #5-hive etc). Those objects form the “pegs” of the system. Then in the future, to rapidly memorize a list of arbitrary objects, each one is associated with the appropriate peg. If you were trying to remember the following list: keys, wallet, phone, laptop and trash you would imagine your keys being fired out of a gun (#1), your wallet being eaten by lions in the zoo (#2) etc.

The Major System (also called the phonetic number system or phonetic mnemonic system) is the third mnemonic technique used to aid in memorizing numbers. The system works by converting numbers into consonant sounds, then into words by adding vowels. The system supposes that words can be remembered more easily than the numbers, especially when using other mnemonic rules which call for the words to be visual and emotive.

Although developing photographic memory is not impossible, it does require you to consistently practice the methods outlined above. But don’t give up, although it will take a while to master, you will be shocked at the huge improvement in your memory.