Annie Gauf

This video is similar to the activity we did in class trying to memorize a list of words. It provides a technique of elaborative rehearsal which helps improve memory. It is much like mnemonics or associating someone's name with something funny, and is proven to be more effective than just maintenance rehearsal. Try it!!

This is another video about Derren Brown (the same guy who can go up to people and steal their phones, wallets, etc.). He goes to a library and tells the librarian to pick any word in the dictionary, by just knowing the position on the page Brown can recite the word. He continues on proving his ability by reciting a line of a random book the librarian selects. Brown claims he has a photographic memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFGG6zWByhM
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