11. Some biblical scholars think it might have been a mnemonic device when stories were passed orally. 12. Prehistoric etched-bone mnemonic devices and lunar calendars. 13. A mnemonic device may be in order. 14. Many of the mnemonic devices are convoluted. 15. In this way mnemonic devices not only help the encoding of specific items but also their sequence. 16. Spanish chroniclers also concluded that quipus were used primarily as mnemonic devices to communicate and record numerical information. 17. In Medieval music, the "'Guidonian hand "'was a mnemonic device used to assist singers in learning to hexachord. 18. Another example of a mnemonic device commonly used is the first letter of every word system or acronyms. 19. This raises the possibility that the whales use mnemonic devices to help them remember the more complicated songs. 20. How's that for a mnemonic device ?