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Master Your Memory

Like Duolingo, but for Master Your Memory. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

150 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Memo the Monkey
Master Your Memory
with Memo the Monkey
150
Levels
7
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Master Your Memory

  • A fixed sequence prevents skipping items during retrieval
  • Items must be mentally 'attached' or interacting with the body part
  • Top-down or bottom-up paths are easier for the brain to track than random jumps
  • Vivid, multisensory associations stick better than simple labels
  • The standard sequence for a reliable body list
  • How to 'pin' an item to a body part effectively
  • Spatial memory leverages the hippocampus's mapping ability
  • Rote repetition is prone to 'fading' under stress
  • Retrieval involves 'scanning' the body part to trigger the image
  • The body part acts as a retrieval cue for the stored data
  • The advantage of spatial memory over rote repetition
  • Retrieving items in a real-world scenario
  • Folders should be distinct and not easily confused with neighbors
  • The body list is portable and requires no physical tools
  • Folders must be part of a logical, permanent sequence
  • What makes a body part a good 'folder'
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Master Your Memory the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Mapping Your Physical Filing System

When storing 'apples' on your 'knees', which approach makes the memory stick?

Get it right to open this lesson and 149 more in the app.

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Where Master Your Memory takes you

Stop forgetting names, lists, and dates. Learn the practical systems used by memory champions to handle everyday life with total confidence.

  1. 1

    Never Forget a Grocery List Again

    • The Body List: Using Your Own Limbs as Folders
    • Why Your Brain Loves Sticky Images
    • Practice: Memorizing Your First 5 Items
    • Common Mistake: Making Images Too Boring
  2. 2

    Remembering Names at a Party

    • The Face-Feature Connection
    • Turning Names into Pictures You Can See
    • The 30-Second Rule for Making it Stick
    • Practice: Meeting Three Strangers at Once
    • Small Talk: Storing Details About Their Lives
    • Common Mistake: Forgetting to Look at the Person
  3. 3

    Giving Speeches Without Notes

    • The Roman Room: Walking Through Your House
    • Placing Key Points Along a Familiar Path
    • Practice: A 3-Point Presentation Walkthrough
  4. 4

    Handling Numbers, PINs, and Codes

    • The Number-Shape System: 1 is a Candle
    • Why Visual Rhymes Beat Rote Memorization
    • Practice: Remembering a 4-Digit Security Code
    • Common Mistake: Rushing the Visualization
    • Advanced: Remembering Phone Numbers on the Fly
  5. 5

    Dates, Birthdays, and Deadlines

    • Mapping Months to Meaningful Symbols
    • Linking People to Their Special Days
    • Practice: Storing Three Important Deadlines
    • Common Mistake: Using Vague Symbols for Months
  6. 6

    Learning New Words Fast

    • The Substitute Word Method
    • Connecting Sound to Meaning
    • Practice: Five New Vocabulary Words
    • Common Mistake: Not Making the Action Extreme Enough
  7. 7

    The Science of Why This Works

    • Spatial Memory: Your Brain's Built-in GPS
    • The Power of Association and Novelty
    • How to Review So You Never Forget
    • Building Your Permanent Memory Library

7 sections · 30 units · 150 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

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