Recently, researchers have identified word animacy as a strong predictor of recall. In contrast, the method of loci is an ancient mnemonic technique which takes advantage of highly structured encoding and recall processes alongside a strong imagery component to create easily remembered “memory palaces.” The present experiments examine the combined effectiveness of these techniques: Experiment 1 (N = 154) demonstrates that the method of loci and word animacy have additive effects, while Experiment 2 (N = 200) demonstrates that the additive effect of animacy is likely related to both the animate nature of words themselves and animate imagery associated with them. These results have implications for hypotheses about the proximate mechanism of animacy effects (ruling out temporal order and imagery as explanations), implications regarding the nature of animacy (as being both static and dynamic), and practical implications for memory athletes and educational settings alike: The method of loci and use of animate imagery can be taught easily, and they produce high levels of recall.

最近，研究人员已将单词动画确定为回忆的强大预测因子。相比之下，轨迹法是一种古老的助记技术，它利用高度结构化的编码和回忆过程以及强大的图像成分来创建易于记忆的“记忆宫殿”。目前的实验检验了这些技术的综合有效性：实验 1 ( N = 154) 证明了轨迹和单词动画的方法具有累加效应，而实验 2 ( N= 200) 表明动画的附加效应可能与单词本身的动画性质和与之相关的动画图像有关。这些结果对关于生命力效应的近似机制的假设（排除时间顺序和图像作为解释）具有影响，对生命力的本质（静态和动态）的影响，以及对记忆运动员和教育环境的实际影响：可以轻松教授定位方法和动画图像的使用，并且它们会产生高水平的回忆。