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Direct linkTakahashi, Masanobu; Shimizu, Hiroyuki; Saito, Satoru; Tomoyori, Hideaki – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
In 1987, Hideaki Tomoyori, a Japanese memorist, set a world record for reciting the first 40,000 digits of pi. The authors report results from a series of tests that give a view of Tomoyori's memory performance compared with that of a control group, matched for age and educational level. He showed very good scores on tasks with digits, such as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Word Lists, Recall (Psychology), Comparative Analysis
