The secret to remembering the longest memory of the best memoranders in America

Every three times to win the nation-wide memorabilia competitions, Nelson Dellis can recite many poems after browsing them only once, repeating exactly one row of 1,500 numbers and writing Remember 193 names in 15 minutes.

The extraordinary achievement makes Dellis considered "superheroes" by many. However, the 30-year-old boy from Miami, Florida, USA declared, anyone can practice to have a good memory like his.

"Anyone can achieve incredible memory ability. Basically, we all have the same" hardware ", so upgrading the" software "can simply create everything. different in this world, "Mr. Dellis said.

When it comes to "software upgrade", Mr. Dellis refers to the daily brain training. Just like exercise needs to be carried out regularly to maintain a healthy body, the mind also needs to be trained daily to maintain sharpness.

Mr. Dellis revealed, he himself is working on a daily brain exercise regime, including memorizing 7 decks of cards, recalling long lists of random words, names and numbers, as well as reciting innocently Number of verses.

Although memorizing a deck of cards or recalling numbers in the Pi constants does not seem to bring a clear benefit to us, Dellis' practical tips can help a lot of everyday life. each person's day.

Nelson Dellis won the championship three times in the United States in 2011, 2012 and 2014. (Photo: Getty Images)

For example, we can eliminate the embarrassment of not remembering the names of other parents that we still talk to at the school gate every day, buying everything we need at the supermarket without naming. book shopping in advance or read poetry to children without having to look at books.

On his blog, Mr. Dellis also wrote about the importance of better digital memorization for today's familiar generation of smartphones. What happens if you lose your phone or run out of phone battery while needing to contact someone in the phone book? Can you dial them from a pay phone booth?

More importantly, according to Dellis, we all need to improve memory to slow or prevent dementia attacks. This is the driving force of the memorizing champion, after witnessing the mental decline of her beloved grandmother because of Alzheimer's disease.

After she died in 2009, Dellis vowed to practice daily memorization to protect long-term mental health. He also trained physically, including climbing, to keep himself healthy and to pursue a diet rich in Omega-3 foods such as oily fish or nuts, because Omega-3 strengthens his mind. Brain.

Thanks to his tireless efforts, from a man struggling to remember names, Dellis became the memorabilia champion of the United States in 2011, 2012 and 2014, as well as winning the 7th place in the competition. Contest The champions remember the world in 2012.

For Dellis, one of the secrets to good memory is "turning things into memorabilia, turning them into something weird, funny or closely related." For example, attach the name of a normal person to a famous character, such as if you meet someone named Elizabeth, imagine that person is a queen wearing a crown on her head.

When remembering random words on a shopping list, Dellis proposes how to imagine all of them sticking together in a story. For example, if you need to buy beef, milk, wet towels for children and chocolates, imagine a cow being able to express milk and then give birth to a baby. Then imagine a farmer coming to wipe the sweat on the cow's forehead after giving birth and rewarding it with a little chocolate.

According to Dellis, the story does not have to be meaningful and it is more peculiar, the better, because this is an important factor that makes it easy to remember. Attaching images in some sense is also the way he remembers numbers, such as James Bond with number 7.

However, Dellis developed a more complex system that enabled him to associate letters with numbers, such as number 1 with letter A, so he could visualize someone with the letter A in their name (like Alice ) to remember number 1. He thinks that anyone can remember numbers by attaching something private or easy to remember, such as number 1 that can remind some people to George Washington (first president of the US) or singer Lady Gaga because she is leading many global music charts.

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