verage ▁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 ▁strateg ies ▁the ▁information ▁becomes ▁related ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁the ▁information ▁st icks . ▁ ▁Another ▁type ▁of ▁device ▁people ▁use ▁to ▁help ▁their ▁recall ▁memory ▁become ▁efficient ▁is ▁chunk ing . ▁Ch unk ing ▁is ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁breaking ▁down ▁numbers ▁into ▁smaller ▁units ▁to ▁remember ▁the ▁information ▁or ▁data , ▁this ▁helps ▁recall ▁numbers ▁and ▁math ▁facts . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁chunk ing ▁process ▁is ▁a ▁tele phone ▁number ; ▁this ▁is ▁chunk ed ▁with ▁three ▁digits , ▁three ▁digits , ▁then ▁four ▁digits . ▁People ▁read ▁them ▁off ▁as ▁such ▁when ▁rec iting ▁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 ▁determ ining ▁a ▁significant ▁performance ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁group ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁use ▁cogn itive ▁strateg ies ▁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 . ▁ ▁T ip - of - the - t ong ue ▁Main ▁page : ▁T ip ▁of ▁the ▁tongue ▁ ▁A ▁tip ▁of ▁the