Editing Recall (memory) (section)

===Mnemonics and cognitive strategies===
A key technique in improving and helping recall memory is to take advantage of Mnemonic devices and other cognitive strategies. Mnemonic devices are a type of cognitive strategy that enables individuals to memorize and recall new information in an easier fashion, rather than just having to remember a list of information that is not related to one another.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013">{{cite journal | last1 = Bermingham | first1 = D. | last2 = Hill | first2 = R. D. | last3 = Woltz | first3 = D. | last4 = Gardner | first4 = M. K. | year = 2013 | title = Cognitive Strategy Use and Measured Numeric Ability in Immediate- and Long-Term Recall of Everyday Numeric Information | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 3| pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0057999 | pmid=23483964 | pmc=3590296| bibcode = 2013PLoSO...857999B | doi-access = free }}</ref> An example of mnemonic devices are PEMDAS or Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally; this is a device for arithmetic when solving equations that have parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction and what order to do each calculation. Words or an acronym can stand for a process that individuals need to recall. The benefits of using these types of strategies to perform tasks are that encoding becomes more organized and it is easier to remember and process information.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013"/> Also this device reduces the need of intentional resources at the point of retrieval, which means that recall does not need outside sources helping an individual remember what happened yesterday.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013"/> Cognitive strategies can leverage semantic connections that will allow the brain to process and work more efficiently than just having to process the information as whole parts. By using the strategies the information becomes related to each other and the information sticks.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013"/> 
Another type of device people use to help their recall memory become efficient is chunking. Chunking is the process of breaking down numbers into smaller units to remember the information or data, this helps recall numbers and math facts.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013"/> An example of this chunking process is a telephone number; this is chunked with three digits, three digits, then four digits. People read them off as such when reciting a phone number to another person. There has been research done about these techniques and an institution tested two groups of people to see if these types of devices work well for real people, the results came back determining a significant performance difference between the group who did not use cognitive strategies and the group who did. The group using the techniques immediately performed better than the other group and when taking a pre-test and post-test the results indicated that the group using the techniques improved while the other group did not.<ref name="Bermingham, D. 2013"/>

The Method of Loci (MOL) refers to an individual visualizing a spatial environment to improve later recall of information. Instead of merely reading a list of items, individuals mentally walk along a path, placing things that subsequently need to be remembered. This elaborate rehearsal provides the opportunity to manipulate information during the encoding process. For example, from the store, you need peanut butter, toothpaste, dog food, and laundry detergent. Instead of repeating the list, imagine yourself eating a peanut butter sandwich, afterwards walking to the bathroom to brush your teeth, then walking by your dog on the way to the laundry room. This improving recall method does not appear to be limited to merely recalling a list of items. Research demonstrated that this cognitive strategy improved student performance on assessments. Participants were divided into two groups, each receiving the same medical lectures, followed by either self-learning or using the Method of Loci. Each group was subsequently given the same assessment on the learned information and the Method of Loci group performed better, as measured by the number of correct responses.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Qureshi|first1=Ayisha|last2=Rizvi|first2=Farwa|last3=Syed|first3=Anjum|last4=Shahid|first4=Aqueel|last5=Manzoor|first5=Hana|date=June 2014|title=The method of loci as a mnemonic device to facilitate learning in endocrinology leads to improvement in student performance as measured by assessments|journal=Advances in Physiology Education|language=en|volume=38|issue=2|pages=140–144|doi=10.1152/advan.00092.2013|issn=1043-4046|pmc=4056179|pmid=25039085}}</ref>