Are these incredible feats possible because of some rare brain difference in those that accomplish them? Nope, explains a fascinating recent Big Think article. Memory athletes aren’t genetically ...

Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have revealed the ...

Although mnemonic devices far predate the written word, both Cicero and Quintilian name Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BCE) as the first teacher of an art of memory. Simonides composed the epitaph for ...

A new European cognitive neuroscience study published in this month’s Science Advances reveals that by using the “method of loci," long-term memory can be improved by anyone, not just world champions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Invoking a memory palace involves picturing some structure or place in your mind, and linking items you want to remember with ...

Anyone can improve their memory using a proven scientific method the ancient Greeks and Romans developed. The idea is to create a "memory palace." A group of researchers says training daily using an ...