In this TEDtalk Joshua Foer (author of Moonwalking with Einstein – highly recommended!) discusses how he learned about mnemonic techniques and trained to win the U.S.A. Memory Championship in 2006.
Speed Cards World Record
Here’s a video of Simon Reinhard setting the world record for speed card memorization at the World Memoriad in 2010. Simon memorized the order of a shuffled pack of playing cards in 21.90 seconds. Remember that this apparently savant-like ability … Read More