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For anyone wondering whether it's too late to train your memory, I'd say memory is one of those traits you can train remarkably late in life (compare versus lan

• paulpauper 5y ago
  The mind does not respond to training as well as muscles respond to training. Short term memory , such as digit recall, is is correlated with IQ and not something that can be improved with training. Maybe you can develop tricks for trying to make memorization easier, but like using a level to lift weights, it doesn't mean you are stronger or have better recall.
  • pdm55 5y ago
    I'm jealous of my wife. She uses her synesthesia (inborn association between numbers/letters and color) to remember phone numbers and people's names. I think she can remember all the different phone numbers she has had in different countries over the last 50, or so, years. She can certainly remember all the names of people we meet at different gatherings. At present, she is cataloging her thousands of photos, including writing captions. Occasionally, she grumbles because she can't remember the name of some out-of-the-way location in France or the name of some obscure scholar in Turkmenistan. Me, I'm happy if I can remember to get out of bed in the morning. She said that when she was child she thought that everyone just saw numbers and letters in color. She didn't realize till about 20 years ago that she had the gift of synesthesia. I think her father and her uncle probably also had synesthesia. Both had great recall. Her uncle was famous for knowing the names and relationships of thousands of people in his district.