You, Too, Can Become a Memory Champion, Scientists Say

They use a well-known memory method called the method of loci, and now a new study shows that many people can learn this method.It induces brain activity patterns that resemble those of memory athletes, researchers reported today (March 8) in the journal Neuron."Training normal humans to be memory athletes bulks up the brain's memory networks," said the study's senior author, Dr. Michael Greicius, an associate professor of neurology at Stanford University.