How the Romans can help us to study | Daniel Glaser

The ‘method of loci’ is still the best way of remembering large quantities of informationStudytracks, a new app, is a tempting solution for students in the middle of exams. Downloaded 100,000 times, its creator, music producer George Hammond-Hagan, sang facts from his son’s GCSE physics revision over a hip-hop track - he’s made another 600 tracks since then.Since Cicero in Roman times, it’s been clear that the secret of remembering things is to mash them up. The &ls