RESEARCH PROVEN
Picmonic is the only visual mnemonic learning tool that has been research proven to increase retention and help students ace their exams.
BASED ON MEMORY SCIENCE
We built a better way for students to prepare for tests
Picmonic boosts confidence and grades. Our IRB study proved that with the Picmonic learning system students increase retention and test scores.
Why does Picmonic work? Years ago, psychologists and education researchers found mnemonics to be an effective tool in increasing retention and memory recall. Today, lots of different strategies for learning and memorization using mnemonics exist including keyword, phrase, music and image mnemonics.
Picmonic founders and medical students Ron Robertson and Adeel Yang took the idea of image mnemonics and applied clever pictures and humorous characters tied together with story and audio -- and put it online to create the ultimate studying system for retention and memory recall.
Research Proven
Picmonic was developed after many years of development and testing. In a randomized, double-blind, controlled study, the Picmonic Learning System was compared to text-based material (like textbooks and lecture notes) and found that medical students improved by 331% in long-term memory retention and increased test scores 50%. Since then, the benefits of the Picmonic approach have been extended to Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Physicial Assistant, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Paramedic and Pre-Health students.
Adv. Med. Educ. Pract. 2014 May 8; 5: 125-32 doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S61875. eCollection 2014
The Science Behind Picmonic
What Students Say
Picmonic works by connecting wacky stories and characters to boring pharmacological principles.
The weirder the connection the more you seem to remember stuff.
I love picmonic. I have always been a visual learner and these cartoons help me so much. I easily bring the image to mind when being tested on material.
I am a visual learner. I used Picture mnemonics in my Allied Health class YEARS ago & still think of them this day. When I saw Picmonics; the art got me. I had my first exam & Picmonic helped me think through the answers. I know my friends are tired of me praising & tagging. But, as a skeptic, I HAVE to praise what works! Thank you Picmonic!