See Joshua Foer's entertaining TED talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of

See Joshua Foer's entertaining TED talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_.... He describes the origin and working of the Memory Palace-method, the culture and some people in the world memory championships, and his own participation in the contest. A very interesting talk.