Feats of memory anyone can do | Joshua Foer
Feats of memory anyone can do | Joshua Foer
TED Talks Education · Joshua Foer
May 10, 201220m 8s
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Show Notes
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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