Latest Memorization Stories

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Having trouble putting a name to a face at the grocery store or an annual conference? A new study in PLoS ONE suggests that clenching your fist can help dredge up information from the depths of your mind. Previous research has shown that different sides of the brain are responsible for memory storage and recall. Building on these findings, a team of New England researchers wanted to see if stimulating a particular side of the brain...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the episode of NOVA that aired October 24 of this year, host David Pogue posed the question, “How Smart Can We Get?” At one point in the episode, he met with Chester Santos, who was the 2008 US Memory Champion, to pick his brain on how he manages to learn long strings of numbers and words. Santos taught him a technique that involved visualization of objects that were in Pogue’s own house and associating them with the string...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- He was suspended from college for earning a 0.9 GPA, but 2009 USA Memory Championship winner Ron White (http://www.ronwhitetraining.com) has come a long way in the years since: With his win at the 2010 USA Memory Championship in New York City on March 6, 2010, the Afghanistan War veteran has just become a two-time memory champion. White, who endured months of intense mental and physical training to prepare for the event, holds the U.S. records for...