August 30, 2002
Head Game
The finals of the 11th Annual World Memory Championships, held in London, gathered together some of the world's sharpest minds for the ultimate celebration of cerebral virtuosity.
For those who have trouble remembering a simple telephone number or shopping list, the mental feats of these memory maestros are truly mind-boggling.
Each event starts with a cry from the starter: "Neurons-on-the-ready … Go!" Competitors must then accurately memorize thousands of items including long numbers, unfamiliar names and faces, quotations, dates and random words. The grand finale is a race to memorize the sequence of a pack of shuffled playing cards in less than a minute.
Posted at August 30, 2002 03:46 PM | Beauty
