How to Memorize a Bird

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I had an Aboriginal elder camp. I've been doing workshops on making LeCasa at university and he said, yes, it works exactly the same. In that case, it's carvings. It doesn't matter as long as it's something that's patent. He was astounded how the brain was exactly the same for this Aboriginal device and an African device because it's the human brain that's the common factor. Yeah. That's one of the themes that I'm getting from what you're saying is all these Aboriginal cultures, not all of them interacted with each other, but they all developed as a foundation for all their memory techniques. The method of LeCai as the

Dr. Kelly is a science writer and Adjunct Research Associate at LaTrobe University, specializing in the study of memory methods used by oral cultures, particularly indigenous societies. She is a mnemonist and uses indigenous memory technologies to commit large amounts of information to memory. She has authored several books, including "The Memory Craft," "The Memory Code," "Song Lines" and "Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies." She has a diverse background in engineering, physics, mathematics, information technology, and gifted education.

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