Feats of memory anyone can do

Title:
Feats of memory anyone can do
Speaker:
Joshua Foer
Description:

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
20:28
Format: HTML5
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