# Feats of memory anyone can do

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Joshua Foer
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.

## Lectures

1. [Feats of memory anyone can do](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do/8421c74ce6af), 21 min (TED's player)