And also a type of intense mental exercise that is probably healthy
It made me much better at deliberately remembering information. I also believe it improves imagination. In the first place ( incidentally a phrase that originates in mnemonics) you are practicing making mental images. The less quotidian the better. Secondly you are required to put together wildly different objects to make easy mnemonics
> In the first place ( incidentally a phrase that originates in mnemonics) [...]
Do you have a source for that or is it a gut feeling? In a quick Google search I couldn't find anything about the history of this idiom.
Thank you! I will read through that later. Sorry for the late response, I didn't see your reply until just now.
Mnemonics are an easy way to remember a lot of information. Similar techniques are used for blind solving Rubik's cubes, remembering 2000+ chinese characters etc.