A Mind Palace (or "method of loci") is an ancient tool to enhance memory using familiar spacial locations. By visualizing a path through a well-known location, and committing a primary list of immovable objects (the loci) to memory, the user could theoretically attach a secondary list of objects to the primary list, thereby improving the ability to recall the second (more unfamiliar) list.
GitHub link to backend:
https://github.com/DXRovang/backend
This app requires 2 terminals.
- After cloning this app from gitHub, open terminal 1 & cd into "backend"
a. run "bundle install"
b. run "rails s" to start your local server. - open terminal 2 & cd into "frontend"; run "open index.html"
To explore this app:
- Use the "Create Your Palace" submit form to give your Palace a name which correspods to a location you know well (ex: "My Apartment").
- With the mouse, click on areas in the black square (which will turn grey) to draw an aerial view of the location.
- Underneath your Palace name, click the "See Me" button
- Identify items in your location that are well known to you and do not move (ex: "Doorknob", "Mirror", "Bookshelf"). These will be your Loci.
- Identify items that you would like to remember (ex: the name of my nieces/nephews). These will be your Items.
- Add Loci & Items to your Palace.
- Use the "Go Back" button to return to the index page.
- To delete a Loci/Item pair, click on the "x" to the right of that pair.
- If a Palace has no Loci/Item pairings, you may delete the Palace name by clicking on the name itself
Things to note:
- Currently the "Save Map" button on the Palace show page has no functionality.
- Currently the "x" buttons next to the Loci/Item pairs on the show page have no functionality.