How do you memorize informations?

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I rely on images, as i only think in pictures. When i read i create images in my mind, and i imagine the book when i try to remember what i've read later on (i see each chapter in my mind) - then the images pops up. I really strugle with remembering dates and exact terms, since words and numbers dont stick in my mind. I've tried drawing timelines and such, but the numbers wont stick

I memorise things by tearing them from their context and inputting them in a different form. Often a sequence of sounds or an image or something. The trick is then to try and put them correctly back into context again. I've got tons of random phrases, numbers and stuff floating around in my brain that mean nothing to me any more... =/


Someone mentioned a shopping list a short bit ago.
I'd generally remember that by at least having a rough idea of what was needed.... then assuming each item was on a separate line, I'd remember the contour formed by the ends of each line (like an oscilloscope), and then later on recall each item by referencing the length of the word in my mind and quickly running through things with that length name that I might possibly need until one rings true.

There is no option for me. I use photographic & visual based memory. Sometimes it's like a film of events, others it's like a snapshot of e.g. a page of text or picture. It depends on what I'm memorising, and it's an unconscious thing, I mean by that, that I don't choose to deliberately remember or use tricks/techniques to do so.

I just read or watch things a few times. If I want the info to stick, it usually does.

Unless it's math, I usually just have to read through it to remember.

I don't know; it just happens.

There are many things that I can commit to memory after one brief glance, but there are other things I write down (just in case), even though I generally never refer back to them (it's nice that the notes are present in the event such a need may arise). Other things (usually things I have an interest in) are best learned by "doing (kinesthetic/tactile learning)."

I personally have a very good memory. If I want to commit something to long-term memory, I will repeat it a couple times in my head when I learn it, and then try to recall the information a couple times a bit later. For a recent example from my life, let's say I want to memorize the equation for a second-order control valve response in a conical tank system (semi-complicated formula). I will repeat the equation over in my head 5-10 times, making sure I have it right, and then move on to other things. Then, in 10min, I'll repeat it again in my head and make sure I still have it correct, then do the same in an hr, and again in like 6 hours. If I still have it correct by then, changes are I'm not forgetting it any time soon!

Sometimes I am able to commit things to memory simply by looking at them also. But typically when I do this I don't necessarily know which parts I'll remember and which parts I'll forget...if I just glance at a page that's filled with writing I may recall 10/20 sentences word for word later but not remember the slightest thing about the rest.

I am a hybrid of a kinesthetic and visual learner. I am not an auditory learner at all. I need to see or do something to learn it, hearing tends not to work so well. I have a difficult time "visualizing" things, but if I see it, in some sort of visual form, I typically have it down. Although, sometimes I have to re-read it a time or a few, because of my dyslexia. The best way is for me to actually do it, though that's not always feasible.

i figured out how to use bullets and lists,, i memorize the list,, sometimes a graphic organizer helps but it doesnt seem to help with retention,, also repeating the information to myself a few times.

When I hear stuff I can hear it again with all the correct tones and pitches or whatever sound is made of. So I read text out loud or download audio files with possible, then I listen to them a few times. It also helps for memorizing oral instruction. I also listen to music in my head sometimes lol.

it depends on which kind of memory with me... my episodic memory (memory of events and actions) is practically nonexistent, but my semantic memory (memory of information) is nearly eidetic. for example i remember what happens in a book and can quote bits of it after the first reading, sometimes i remember when and where i read it but i never remember the act of reading it. or another one, when i was in high school i would draw geometric tessellations during class, with a separate note book for each class, when i look at the tessellation i remember everything i heard when i was drawing it but i dont remember the voice that spoke it... its all in my voice. what episodic memory i do have is mostly nonvisual, for example, when i remember a conversation i had with someone i dont remember a "movie" but a "script" of what happened. the only visual memories that stick are ones that provoke a strong negative emotional response... and dreams. everything else is rendered down to "verbal" information strings... but the verbal "sensation" i get is not the sound of the word but the tactile sensation of speaking it. which is why i constantly subvocalise... i find it hard to think without that tactile component. i find it nearly impossible to visualize things in my mind unless its a map, its like i have a GPS in my brain... but it crashes in some places like hospitals and malls. i have an excellent memory for music and can play songs in my head like cd, but im terrible at playing instruments and music for the most part, is the only auditory memories that i remember like that.
but i do not think of myself as a linguistic thinker but a systemiser that "codes" in language, because i am better at mathematics than language arts... math is more precise so its easier to "translate". i find human languages irrational and "slippery"... too blunt of a tool for such delicate work as conveying my thoughts, or anyone elses for that matter... to define is to confine. for me anyways, NTs have a way to add nuances of meaning that look for all the world like telepathy, it isnt, it just looks that way. the only way i come close to that kind delicate precision is by selecting and assembling the words in a manner that causes their "textures" to blend in a way that conveys the nonverbal tone of the word structure... it works best for me in poetry, but i cannot compile it fast enough for everyday conversation. but i never quite get the full measure my thoughts into anything... not even a picture.

holy wall of text Batman... sorry about that i am just trying to be as precise as possible.

I am unsure how to classify my method of memorizing information. If something is of interest to me, I can read through a page or see a diagram and simply remember it, and/or I can recall entire lectures/presentations from beginning to end. However if something is not of interest I am unable to remember it, I can read a chapter on an uninteresting topic many times and barely remember any of its content.