The secret of a person with superior memory

A 24-digit long sequence of random numbers was read upside down by Eran Katz, then read down even though he only heard others reading the sequence once.

The secret of Eran Katz, who has set a world record for memorizing a 500-digit string, is to "encode" this number of digits into a series of characters. According to Katz, it's easier to memorize 10 characters than 10 pairs of numbers.

The above method is a technique of memorizing Gimatria of ancient Jews. They often convert a number to a pair of characters and insert a vowel to turn it into a catchy word. For example, pair number 12 is changed to T (i) N; 32 is changed to M (e) N .

Eran Katz reread the random long sequence set up by the audience after listening once.Photo: Tuan Linh.

In addition to the Gimatria technique, Katz also introduced a number of other memorization methods that are imaginative based on rich imagination, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Katz raises the relationship for words: bed, fish, carpet, dog, car . on a clean, fragrant bed with smelly fish; In your room without a doormat, you can use the fish in the bed to do the doormat even though it is slippery and not very clean; A dog can wrap that carpet and drive a car on the road.

'Shocking images are the images you remember the most,' Katz concludes. He said that the method is one of the ways to help people learn foreign languages ​​effectively. 'According to a study by the Washington Language Institute, people only need 600 words to communicate with each other. So, if you take 20 words a day to learn by word association, you can learn a language within a month and communicate well with native speakers, ' Katz said.

Paying more attention to things is also a way to remember. Parents often complain about their children's learning results, that they will not remember the mathematical formulas, or the knowledge needed for later life. However, there is the fact that the child remembers the names of football teams, football players or the happenings of a very good film . 'People only remember what they care about,' Katz explained.

He shared, to increase the ability to memorize, care more about life, love life to the minute.

Katz also emphasized the central role in memorization. "If your work is interrupted by a phone call that lasts for 20 seconds, you may need 20 minutes to regain focus as before the conversation," he said.

Eran Katz, Israeli national, is the Guinness world record holder for remembering a 500-digit number sequence, after only one reading to others. He is the author of many books to train his ability to memorize, in which many books are translated into many languages ​​around the world and become bestsellers as the secret to an extraordinary memory and Jerome became a genius.

He also conducted 1,700 talks and seminars with about 200,000 people around the world to share his memory training experience.