The car list works because your whole car is in your long-term memory (LTM). LTM offers you a place to store the new information; that is, the locations in the car become “storage compartments” for short-term memories (STMs). All the memory methods in this book work with this formula: LTM + STM = MTM All of the methods also organize information and make it easier to find. Which is easier to remember, “super memory” or “yomerm puers”? Same letters, but very different meanings. The second is, of course, harder to memorize. The more order you put into a subject, the easier it is to remember.

