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  • 71Rote learning — By heart redirects here. For the album by Lea Salonga, see By Heart. Rote learning is a learning technique which focuses on memorization. The major practice involved in rote learning is learning by repetition by which students commit information… …

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  • 72Quipu — or khipu (sometimes called talking knots) were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consisted of colored spun and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It also… …

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  • 73Anamonic — An anamonic is a form of mnemonic device frequently employed by tournament Scrabble players (the word anamonic is itself a portmanteau of anagram and mnemonic). It consists of a stem (often, but not always, an acceptable word itself), paired with …

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  • 74Music-related memory — Musical memory refers to the ability to remember music related information, such as melodic content and other progressions of tones or pitches. The differences found between linguistic memory and musical memory have led researchers to theorize… …

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  • 75Efferent nerve fiber — Nerve: Efferent nerve fiber Latin neurofibrae efferentes Code TH H2.00.06.1.00016 In the nervous system, efferent nerves, otherwise known as motor or effector neurons, carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to eff …

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  • 76reminder — I noun allusion, commemoration, cue, hint, jog, keepsake, memento, memo, memorandum, memorial, mnemonic, mnemonic device, notation, note, phylactery, prod, prompt, reference, relic, remembrance, shrine, souvenir, suggestion, testimonial II index… …

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  • 77BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 78Guidonian hand — In Medieval music, the Guidonian hand was a mnemonic device used to assist singers in learning to sight sing. Some form of the device may have been used by Guido of Arezzo, a medieval music theorist who wrote a number of treatises, including one… …

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  • 79Mantra — In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of meditation. A mantra (Tib.སྔགས་ ngak; Wyl. sngags) [1] is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of creating transformation (cf. spiritual… …

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  • 80aide-mémoire — noun (plural aide mémoire) Etymology: French, from aider to aid + mémoire memory Date: 1846 1. an aid to the memory; especially a mnemonic device 2. a written summary or outline of important items of a proposed agreement or …

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