You remember information in two main ways – as words, using your verbal memory, or

この動画でその効果的な方法をお教えします

as pictures, using your visual memory.

物事を覚えるには2つの方法があります

They’re different mental processes and they achieve dramatically different results.

言葉として 言語記憶を使う または

People never believe how absolutely crazy the difference is, so here’s a challenge

映像として ビジュアル記憶を使う方法です

for you and you can prove it for yourself.

この2つは全く異なる方法で

First, let’s test your verbal memory.

結果が大きく変わります

I’ll give you a list of ten words and let’s see how many you’re able to remember.

圧倒的な結果の差に気付かない人が多いので

Here we go:

皆さんにある挑戦をしてもらい

Piano Elephant

確かめてもらいましょう

Truck Bottle

最初にあなたの言語記憶力を試してみましょう

Basketball Chair

10個の単語を出しますので いくつ覚えられるか試してみましょう

Pineapple Dog

それでは どうぞ

Painting Trampoline

ピアノ

Ok, pause the video and write down all the words you can remember.

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How’d you go?

トラック

If you’re like the average person, you were able to recall about five to seven words,

ボトル

not necessarily in the right order.

バスケットボール

So that was your verbal memory, now let’s test your visual memory.

椅子

I’ll give you another list of words, but this time, I’ll also give a short story

パイナップル

and draw a picture.

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To activate your visual memory, just create a mental picture of everything I describe

絵画

and draw.

トランポリン

You can even close your eyes and just listen to my voice.

動画を止めて 覚えている言葉をすべて紙に書いてください

Here we go.

どうでしたか？

Ferrari – Imagine you’re driving a bright red Ferrari with the top down.

あなたの記憶力が平均なら

The music is pumping above the throaty growl of the engine, and your hair is blowing in

5個から10個思い出すことができたはずです

the wind.

順番に関係なく

Chicken – With a loud ‘thump’ a giant chicken lands in the seat next to you.

これがあなたの言語記憶力です

It’s the size of a person, enormous and yellow.

次は視覚記憶力を測ってみましょう

It must have fallen out of the sky.

単語を出しますが 今回は 短い話と-

Watermelon – The chicken opens the car door and leaps out onto the road.

絵も描きます

As it stands there, an enormous green watermelon rolls over the top of it and keeps rolling

ビジュアル記憶力を活発にするために

down the road.

私がこれから話す話と描く絵を心に描いてください

Barack Obama – You watch the watermelon roll down the road and straight into Barack

目を閉じて 私の声に耳を傾けるだけでも良いですよ

Obama.

それでは行きましょう

The watermelon splits in half and Obama is left standing there, dripping in watermelon

00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,820 フェラーリ

juice.

鮮やかな赤いフェラーリが

Poodle – Obama picks up a passing poodle and uses it to wipe juice off his face.

道を下っているシーンを イメージしてください

The poodle is pure white, but as it soaks up watermelon juice it slowly turns bright

唸るエンジンと共に音楽が聞こえ

pink.

髪が風になびいています

Flagpole – Obama throws the poodle away, it flies through the air and lands on the

鶏

top of a tall flagpole.

大きな衝撃と共にあなたの運転席の隣に

The weight of the juicy poodle causes the flagpole to slowly topple over.

巨大な鶏が落ちてきます

Cake – With a loud and messy ‘splat’ the flagpole falls into the middle of an enormous

人と同じ大きさで 黄色の鶏です

birthday cake.

空から落ちてきたのでしょう

Icing, cream and candles go flying everywhere, raining down on people passing by.

スイカ

Doll – A large dollop of cream lands on the head of an oversized Barbie doll.

鶏が車のドアを開け道路に飛び出します

It creates a weird chemical reaction and the doll shoots into the sky like a space rocket,

立っていると 巨大なスイカが 鶏の上にのしかかり

blonde hair trailing behind her.

道路を転がり続けます

Pizza – The doll rockets upwards and just as it starts to fall, a large pizza explodes

バラク オバマ

open above her head like a parachute.

スイカが道路を転がり続け

The pizza is attached to the doll by long strings of melted cheese.

バラクオバマに直撃するのを目撃します

Giraffe – The pizza eventually lands on the ground, covering the doll, and a giraffe

スイカが半分に割れオバマは立ち尽くし

walks over and starts eating the pizza, bending its long neck and stretching its tongue to

スイカジュースにまみれています

lick up the delicious cheese.

プードル

Skateboard – After eating too much pizza, the giraffe pulls out a skateboard, jumps

通り過ぎるプードルを抱き上げ

on it, and starts gliding down the street, ducking signs and street lights as it rolls

ジュースまみれの顔を拭きます

along.

プードルは白でしたが スイカの汁を吸収し

Cigarette – The skateboard begins coughing, and it stops and uses one of its wheels to

徐々に色鮮やかなピンクになります

light a cigarette.

旗

The cigarette becomes engulfed in flames and the skateboard throws it away.

オバマがプードルを空中に投げ

Statue of Liberty – The flaming cigarette flies through the air and lands on the torch

旗の先端に留まりました

being held aloft by the Statue of Liberty.

旗はスイカの汁を吸収したプードルの重さで

The torch bursts into flames too.

ゆっくりと傾いていきます

Ice cream – The Statue of Liberty comes alive and thrusts the burning torch deep into

ケーキ

a big bucket of ice cream.

旗のポールが大きな音でバシャと

It’s cherry chocolate ice cream that melts and starts to bubble ominously.

巨大な誕生日ケーキめがけて倒れます

Fireworks – The ice cream explodes into fireworks, lighting up the sky above the Statue

アイス クリーム キャンドルがあちこちに飛び散り

of Liberty with brightly colored fireworks forming the words ‘The End’.

歩いている人達に降りかかります

Ok, pause the video again and write down how many words you’re able to recall using your

人形

visual memory.

大きな塊のアイスクリームが

The trick is to re-create a picture in your mind of each image in the story.

頭でっかちなバービー人形の頭に乗っかります

Did you see the difference?

変な化学反応が起こり

And I did something sneaky, I gave you fifteen words, not ten, but the average person would

人形が宇宙ロケットのように

have been able to recall from ten up to all fifteen words, and mostly in the correct order.

重そうなブロンドの髪を引きづりながら 空に打ち上がります

Leave a comment below and let me know how your verbal memory scored against your visual

ピザ

memory.

人形ロケットは上昇し落ちてきそうな様子で-

Visual memory techniques have been around for thousands of years, but for some strange

大きなピザがパラシュートのように 人形の頭上で開きます

reason, most people only know verbal memory techniques.

ピザは溶けた細長いチーズで繋がれています

Verbal techniques are things like acronyms and acrostics, word associations and rhymes,

キリン

and even songs, and they all need a serious chunk of boring repetition.

ピザは人形を包みながら着陸し

They can be fantastic for a small number of words, but they don’t activate the amazing

キリンが近づき その長い首を下げ

power of your visual memory.

長い舌で美味しいチーズを舐めます

If you’d like to activate the stunning power of your visual memory to memorize the entire

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periodic table of elements, head over to MemorizePeriodicTable.com and check out our step-by-step animated video

ピザを食べ過ぎた後は キリンがスケートボードを取り出し

course.

飛び乗り 街を駆け抜けた先には

And if you’d like to learn some more amazing visual memory techniques, you can register

港のマークと街灯が見えてきました

there for our free video training series too, and learn how to transform yourself into an

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amazing student.

スケートボードが咳をし始め

Don’t forget to tell me in the comments below your scores for your verbal and your

車輪の腕を使いタバコを吸うため 停まりました

visual memory, and if you thought this was a cool challenge, please share it with your

火は大きくなり

friends and see if their memory is as amazing as yours.

スケートボードは タバコを捨ててしまいました

Thanks for watching, bye!

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