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Lot of big competers there. the in school i have used himries to help me remember science and math. ive created pneumonic devices and other such things. it has helped me on tests and stuff. >> apparently, the country likes it as a sport, but im praying they start looking at the research of the brain. because ill tell you what, it is far more fascinating now than computers. im shocked at the beauty of the mental capacity. you can actually train memory. we all know you can improve it, but to see a...

Sound. he translates that sound into a word. the and then places it mentally into a memory palace. >> yes. for that deck, i used the row house that i used to live in, in my third and fourth year of college in baltimore. for every event i use a handful of different memory palaces. thats one of my speed cards pala palaces i use. i started basically on a street in front of the row house and i see this opened can of jam, so each two cards for me becomes one image. this is like an open can of jam and...

Memory, should be there. >> i wanted to try it myself. so we found a physical representation of a memory palace. the swan house here in atlanta, built in 1928, this grand home has been beautifully preserved. you might recognize it from movies like the hunger games. >> is this a pretty good place for the memory palace. >> this is the perfect memory palace because its got so many different things of interest you can attach things to. >> so lets do presidents. the. >> okay. >> sort of in the middle...

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Forgetting things so i picked up this book called moon walking with instein and thats really what hooked me. i started to practice memorizing kind of silly things like numbers and decks of cards and it kind of just hooked me. its hard to describe but it became an obsession. >> i remember when he first started doing this. alex actually had a really bad memory. and i feel like i can say that because im his wife. >> alex and his wife kathy are both medical students in jackson, mississippi. they too...

Pennsylvania. this pizza restaurant is filled with kids, but they arent eating. theyre memorizing. >> okay. you guys ready? >> this is the high school memory team and the final practice before the championships in two days. this restaurant fuel of distractions is the perfect place to work on focus. >> are you teaching memory or -- what are you teaching? i said focus. i stopped for a second. i dont know if p im teaching memory or focus. and what is the difference between the two. so i think focus...

Was in alaska when his grandmother died. he found out when checking his phone back at base camp. >> that hit me. i never had anybody close to me pass away. i said to myself, i dont want that to happen to me. i dont know if thats something i can prevent, but im going to take what ive learned about memory, and really go as hard as i can, and prove to people that, you know, you can train your brain. and to myself as well. and thats when i went crazy with it. >> memories for facts and events are cen...

Championships. two competitors remain. they were reciting back a deck of cards from memory. >> on the left one who has won this competition four times. for him, the motivation is personal. he lost his grandmother to alzheimers, a near row degenerative disease that leads to memory loss, behavioral changes and loss of language. there is no cure. do you remember the first time you noticed any memory problems? >> yeah. i always go to this one memory. this was pretty late on. we were have dinner and ...

Things. it has helped me on tests and stuff. >> apparently, the country likes it as a sport, but im praying they start looking at the research of the brain. ill tell ya what, it is far more fascinating now than computers. im shocked at the beauty of the mental capacity. you can actually train memory. we all know you can improve it. but to see an alex mullen memorizing a deck of cards in under 17 seconds. >> alex mullen burst on to the memory scene the last few years. hes also a firm believer tha...

Let him try the course. i said, why not start them young and see what happens? some of them have noticed their focus is better on tests. they can sit through the homework, through it all. it increases attention span. i was fascinated, their scores doubled per year. thats a lot. even if they were challenged students, all their grades increased. they learned how to study, even if they were like, you know, they needed help. that surprised me. so from the most challenged to the most talented, everyb...