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04-05-2014, 08:15 PM
Man With World's Strongest Memory Crusades Against Alzheimer's
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What does it take to have the best memory in the United States? Only four and a half years of training, for five hours each day, according to three-time national memory champ Nelson Dellis.
Dellis just won the 2014 USA Memory Championship (http://www.usamemorychampionship.com/) on March 29 in New York City, where he bested his own national record by recalling 310 digits in five minutes. He also set a new record in the process by memorizing 193 names and faces in 15 minutes
See also: In Brain Wave Experiment, Whoever Feels the Strongest Emotion Wins (http://mashable.com/2014/01/05/emotional-arcade/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
And yet Dellis doesn't claim to have a photographic memory, or any other unusual brain powers besides extreme perseverance. In fact, he says anyone can do what he does. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/05/memory-champion-nelson-dellis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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What does it take to have the best memory in the United States? Only four and a half years of training, for five hours each day, according to three-time national memory champ Nelson Dellis.
Dellis just won the 2014 USA Memory Championship (http://www.usamemorychampionship.com/) on March 29 in New York City, where he bested his own national record by recalling 310 digits in five minutes. He also set a new record in the process by memorizing 193 names and faces in 15 minutes
See also: In Brain Wave Experiment, Whoever Feels the Strongest Emotion Wins (http://mashable.com/2014/01/05/emotional-arcade/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
And yet Dellis doesn't claim to have a photographic memory, or any other unusual brain powers besides extreme perseverance. In fact, he says anyone can do what he does. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/05/memory-champion-nelson-dellis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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