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Hi!!

I'm an italian student of law, and after I have read the book on photoreading I always use the system in order to prepare me for the examinations, and the results are goodl!!

I wanted to know: if in order to memorize a book of law after the photoreading, the activation and the fast reading, it is necessary also repeat to high voice. if it's possibile I would have better results.

Sorry for my English but I speak it not very well. I hope that it is understood!

thanks!!

Hi!

Photoreading is not about developing a photographic memory. You will not memorize law books by simply photoreading them.

I would not try to learn photoreading while taking very important examinations.

You are asking for problems if you think you are going to master photoreading or activation techniques while taking a very important exam.

Learn photoreading on books that have nothing to do with school. A book on a hobby or a self-help book.

Something that does not have a grade attached to it.

Photoread4me

More activation passes the better the understanding and associated memory because you create and strengthen more neural connections. So save rapid reading until you feel you've got just about everything you need.

Alex

Hi, another question re activating law readings . I have a pile of reading that consists solely of legal cases. some of these cases are only a few pages long while others are many many pages long. they are divided into chapters and those are divided into topics and subtopics. some subtopics have only one case, and other subtopics have several cases.

for example:
chapter
+topic 1
-subtopic 1
--case 1
--case 2
--case 3
--case 4
-subtopic 2
--case 1
-subtopic 3
--case 1
--case 2
--case 3
+topic 2
-subtopic 1
-- case 1 (only one case in this entire topic)
+topic 3

+topic 4
-subtopic 4


how should I activate these?

Go to the library and photoread the book "learning legal rules" by holland & web. Use ABC lists for topics, subtopics and cases. You only need know the "ratio decidendi" I think it is called then everything will flow from there.

Question to all photoreaders out there: when dealing with law cases, do you find mindmapping as the most effective notetaking/studying method, or do you prefer outlining?

or do you find mindmapping better for studying/understanding but outlining better for prepping notes for an open-book exam.

thanks

btw, thanks for your responses ph0t0reader and Alex(for the other Q).

Most people give up mind mapping after trying it only once.

Note taking and outlining are nice but put you into the same boat that you were in when you were reading in the first place. You have to read it again word for word.

Mind mapping is great for review. If you see something on your mind map that you cannot remember why you wrote it there the alarm bells should go off. You need to review that section because you've forgotten it. It takes 3 minutes to review a mind map and 20 to 30 minutes to review notes. It's much better to get the coloured markers out and use more of your mind to create a mind map because it creates more triggers for recall, the colour position on the paper. The links and associations are clearer. You have to think and put it into your own words that makes the memory stronger and creates additional neural pathways. If you just take notes often you're just copying words that are already written in the book. may as well just highlight them. Mind maps also are useful for finding the right pages again in an open book exam but as a PhotoReader... you may have noticed that finding the right page with the answer isn't that difficult.

Alex

Alex,


You review your memory maps only reading them?

Because, I did hundreds of mind maps of law for a contest test. Then, I review them daily, however many maps I forget the information oftentimes. All the maps contain many draws and key words, but how the subject is very complicated - for some reason I don't remember.

Many Thanks!

Mind maps work when we use a word to link it with something,an idea or an image most preferably an image(everything we read or hear or mind only Sees!!!).Tony Buzan Says each word can flood out a range of related ideas...for example "run" may trigger marathon for one,sprint for another,health for someone else or fun or related concepts depending on what exactly is applicable to them or in what state of mind they are in!!!.The real thing about mindmaps is making them work for us...for example when we first use it to summarise a chapter or a book ,do we revise it and arrange it in a way that it triggers the concepts around the main idea of the map.So supposedly a person has to rememember case laws at one level it is just making a preliminary idea of mind maps then one needs to work on the images on further revision of the mind map.It all depends how much is desired to be retained from the subject in other words the purpose.Suppose one wants to retain a lot for scoring A+ marks in a subject then one has to really work out his mind map as well ,work espcially on the images.if the key words and the images trigger relevant associated concepts then reviewing them makes recall easy.This is how i use mind maps.In general i just have a rough work done ,then depeneding on my interest on the subject and the kind of expertise i need to have on the subject i really sit and work on the mind map of the subject.Where as for subjects like business law ----Rote method is the best...we need to retain information for an exam and then forget about it and only remember where we can find different case studies...when we need them read them again and use it for a particular case!!!hope this helps!!!We are not in an age where there are no means of protecting books or materials or even copying them ...in the olden ages they needed to byheart lot of information so that they could pass it on and personally i believe that there were people dedicated to do such things!!!

Cavaleiro, if you have to read your mind map you didn't group information with colour, use symbols or other fun techniques to make it easier to remember.

When you review the mind map it should take about 90 seconds for most self made mind maps. If you notice that something is dropping off your radar, Go back to the material and fill the Memory Gap*, Draw something more on your mind map. Add information or links that make it memorable for you.

*Memory Gap a term introduced by Vera in the Memory Optimizer course. She teaches there is nothing wrong with your memory if you forgot something. You just have to do something to manage the memory gap. Using Memory Gap Management.

Alex