Memory Training Research by Boris Konrad

[Josh (Josh Cohen)]

Hack your brain to remember almost anything

Memory athletes such as Mullen can remember hundreds or even thousands of random words, numbers and images -- a feat that may seem unbelievable to onlookers. But according to a study published today, anyone can train their brain using the same tricks as the world's top competitors, reshaping their brain's networks in the process.

For the study, researchers recruited 23 of the world’s top-ranked memory athletes and compared their brains with those of people who had never practiced memory techniques at all. Then, they put some of the newcomers through a memory training program and observed how their brains changed.

The more the rookies practiced the techniques, the more their brain scans started to resemble the memory athletes’ – and it took only six weeks.

Full article: Hack your brain to remember almost anything

Here’s Boris Konrad’s study: http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(17)30087-9

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[Mnemon]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this Josh! I recently mentioned this study by Boris Konrad at a free memory training seminar I did for a neuroscience group, and it helped a lot with convincing the academics in the audience about the benefits of mnemonics memory training.

[Josh (Josh Cohen)]

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[Josh (Josh Cohen)]

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