TED Talks

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

TV-PG
2012 • E39    May 10, 2012    15m
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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