Improving your memory from 7 to 50 items in one day: Lessons from a World Memory Champion
Description
Boris Konrad, one of the world's top memory competitors and a PhD in
Neuroscience, will offer a unique workshop that will transform your memory
in one day. During this five hour workshop, Boris will take you through
classic "Method of Loci" memory training step by step until you have built
up enough mental infrastructure to memorize by yourself fifty random
items. The workshop is free and only requires the attention of the
participants. As you will be asked during various portions of the
workshop to break up into smaller groups for more individualized
instruction.
About the Workshop Leader: Dr. Boris Konrad is a renowned memory expert,
author, trainer, and competitor. He has held several world records for
feats of memorization, including the "name and face" category where he
learned the names associated with 201 faces in 15 minutes. Most recently,
he finished 6th at the World Memory Cahmpionship in Vienna. He obtained
his PhD at Donders University in the Netherlands and is a co-author of a
2017 Neuron paper entitled: "Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to
Support Superior Memory".
To sign-up contact Frederico Azevedo at fazevedo@MIT.EDU