This chapter explores techniques for improving memory, including the use of memory palaces and indigenous memory practices. It discusses strategies such as attaching images to names and utilizing familiar spatial information. The chapter also highlights the remarkable memory abilities of indigenous cultures and their use of music and place to store and recall information.
One spring weekend a few years back, around 15 people gathered in a south Melbourne office space.
They were mostly neuroscience and maths types and there for something super niche and somewhat nerdy — the Australian Memory Championships.
Anastasia Woolmer was a first time competitor — but she’d go on to win.
On All in the Mind, she explains the techniques memory athletes use, and how you can apply them to everyday life.
This episode was first broadcast on 30 May 2021.