Man
With World's Strongest Memory Crusades Against Alzheimer's
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 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
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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.
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