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Ben Pridmore is a Mentalist
By: graham on: Jan 12,2008 In: Memoryand Tony Buzan is, apparently, a Guru!
Did anyone see Channel 5’s documentary, The Mentalists? The show followed Ben and other Memorists (including Ed Cooke and Gunther Karsten) as they travelled to Bahrain to compete in the World Memory Championships.
You can read Ben’s reaction to the programme here. However, if you don’t know who won, be [...]
Ben Pridmore Recalls a Pack of Cards in Under 30 Seconds!
By: graham on: Aug 31,2007 In: MemoryBen Pridmore, former World Memory Champion, broke the the ‘four-minute mile of competitive memory‘ back in July. And I’m only just getting round to writing about it!
I’ve competed in Memory competitions and 30 seconds had always been the target, getting closer each year. (The year that I competed in the WMC, the record stood at [...]
Five Ways to Remember Practically Everything
By: graham on: Jul 12,2007 In: MemoryI’ve just come across a nice (very) introductory post on remembering items on a shopping list.
Here’s a taster:
First and foremost, determine what amount of information you would like to remember. Let’s take the grocery list we mentioned earlier… Once you have determined the amount of information to be remembered, you may now link this information [...]
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