The link system

The link system is one of the most basic of all the memory systems. This basic system can be used for memorizing short lists of items, such as shopping lists, in which each item is linked to or associated with the next. When using this sytem, you will be using all of the memory principles that include

Synaesthesia (The use of your senses.)
Association
Humor
Imagination
Color
Order and sequence
Exaggeration
Positive images

One of the main reasons that the following technique increases memory is that you will be exercising all parts of your brain both the left and right cortex while utilizing your senses and imagination to the maximum thereby increasing the overall power of your brain.

Imagine you need to remember the following items:

1. A pair of sunglasses
2. Sun lotion cream
3. Red Whine
4. Soap
5. Mineral water
6. Wholeweat bread
7. Eggs
8. bananas
9. Red Roses

When trying to remember a list of items such as a shopping list instead of scrambling around for pieces of paper or trying to remember the items by simple repetition and consequently forgetting at least two or three, you could simply apply the memory principles as follows.

Imagine yourself walking to the beach wearing a pair of sunglasses, when you reach the beach you sit down soaking up the warmth of the sun. You can feel the warmth of the sun on your body.

You feel your skin getting burnt so you reach for the packet of sun lotion cream. You squeeze the tub of sun lotion cream only to find out that red whine spills out of the end. Your body feels sticky with the red whine so you choose to take a shower. You take a packet of soap which you wash your self with and then bathe in some cool mineral water to rinse the soap off.

After bathing in the cool mineral water you smell the aroma of fresh wholeweat bread. This scent drags you by the nose into the town. As the scent gets stronger you walk on some eggs. You can feel and hear the eggs break underneath your feet. When reaching the bread shop you see the shop owner spreading bananas over the bread. You chomp on the piece of bread with banana spread. Imagine tasting both the bread and banana in your mouth. When leaving the shop rose petals rain down on you. You associate rose petals with red roses which reminds you to buy a big bundle of red roses for someone you love. Using your imaginative ability to exaggerate the fragrance and visual appearance of the roses.