Experience: I’ve got the best memory in the world

A Ted Talk inspired me to learn the techniques. The first time I used them to recall a 20-item shopping list, I felt superhuman

Growing up in Oxford, Mississippi, I never thought I had a good memory. None of my friends or family would have said I did, either.

In 2013, when I was studying biomedical engineering, I stumbled across a Ted Talk by Joshua Foer, the author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. He mentioned techniques such as the “memory palace” or the “journey method”. They tell you that if you want to remember things, imagine you’re journeying through a specific physical space, depositing images that represent the information you’re trying to recall.

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