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Step 26: Use Mental Exaggeration

Visualization is a basic method of learning. You memorize people's names by
associating them with faces. You learn a new dance move by visualizing it first.
You learn different information about a country by visualizing the sceneries,
people, historical events, and sometimes, flag. The brain works better with
visualization, so the more exaggerated it is, the better.

This is the learning theory of Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran from the University
of San Diego's Center for Brain and Cognition. According to him, people tend to
respond better on stimuli that are one notch higher than the actual information
trying to be learned.

For example, to plan a design for your home or garden, apply mental
exaggeration to make the details more distinct. Imagine a house or garden at the
best form your mind can grasp.