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The Brain: Teaching Modules

A Super-Memorist Advises on Study Strategies

This module explores the brain's potential for storage-as-memory. Rajan Mahadevan, a "super-memorist," demonstrates his phenomenal memory by scanning a 7 by 7 matrix of digits and recalling all forty-nine digits forward, backward, and by columns. He also claims to have memorized 100,000 digits of pi. Mahadevan offers suggestions to help college students improve their study habits when learning new material.

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