Tips for Memorizing Pairs [Practical Memory Techniques]

Escalators and elevators.
Don't you ever get confused about which is which?

When you try to memorize similar words or meanings as a pair, you often end up getting confused and losing track of which is which.

Did you struggle with "B and b, D and d"?
Is the Roman numeral "VI or IV" 4 or 6?
In reading X-rays, there is something called the "silhouette sign," and medical residents frequently make mistakes about whether it is positive or negative.

The reason this happens is because things learned at the same time create similar circuits in the brain, making them prone to crosstalk.Memory circuits become stronger and more established the more they are used, but as you recall two things learned as a set over and over, both circuits strengthen equally, and at some point, they may cross-wire and become lumped together.

In daily life, this might just be a funny story, but it becomes a serious problem when taking an exam. It is difficult to correct something you have already memorized, and when you try to relearn it by saying, ah, it was the other way around, the input of "the other way around" gets in the way, and even when you recall the correct combination, you think of it as "the other way around," leading to even more confusion.

What should you do?

I start by memorizing only one side.

"The thing that moves up and down in a box is an elevator"
"The lowercase of B is b"
"IV is 4"
"The silhouette sign is positive when two shadows appear as one mass"

After memorizing that sufficiently, I memorize the other combination. Then, the brain circuit for the one learned first becomes stronger, and the one learned later becomes a weaker memory, so from then on, even if you recall them at the same time, there is a difference in strength, which prevents crosstalk.

The trick is to get some sleep in between.
Long-term memory is consolidated while you sleep, so in my subjective experience, it feels more efficient and successful to increase the number of memorized pairs starting the next day.

Let's review.

Thank you very much for sticking with my writing until the end. I hope that the elevator of your heart rises vertically forever.

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