[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipment as everybody Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.03,0:00:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,else so its something anyone Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.22,0:00:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do. Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.47,0:00:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds intriguing so Im Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.43,0:00:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to give it a try. Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.34,0:00:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Andi, what mental torture Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.20,0:00:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you got for me this Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morning? Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.62,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well Im going to give you Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.12,0:00:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this list of words and I Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.71,0:00:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want you to try to remember Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.13,0:00:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them. These are the words, Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.84,0:00:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wash, apple jet, mad, actress, Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.44,0:00:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marmalade, jack, van, clock, Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.95,0:00:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tile, polecat, tail, film, pier, Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.58,0:00:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bucket, chain, bottle, sand, Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.58,0:00:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,egg, window, salamander, Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.21,0:00:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paper, microphone, cork, Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.49,0:00:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,piano, dog, captain, tennis, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.99,0:00:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kennel, tomato. And youre Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.60,0:00:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be able to Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.10,0:00:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember them. Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.06,0:00:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Im not. Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.63,0:00:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I think you might Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.66,0:00:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Im going to give Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you a technique that will Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.48,0:00:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help. Im going to ask you Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.50,0:00:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to picture 2 words at a Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.22,0:00:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time in a sequence of Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.59,0:00:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locations around your Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.75,0:00:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home. So Ill give these to Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.27,0:00:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.65,0:00:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then Ill have three Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.17,0:00:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things to remember, the 2 Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.35,0:01:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words plus the location. Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.60,0:01:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will already know the Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.27,0:01:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locations around your Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.15,0:01:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home so the sense of Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.15,0:01:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,location is going to help Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.09,0:01:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, trust me. Its not Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.74,0:01:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to add to your Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.83,0:01:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ill never do it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.27,0:01:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes you will Im going Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.34,0:01:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you at least until Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.82,0:01:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that egg gets cold to have Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.21,0:01:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a look at that list. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.64,0:01:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I start off in the garden, Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.86,0:01:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wash the apple. Then to Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.30,0:01:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hall where there is Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.15,0:01:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a jet madly flying around. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.72,0:01:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Into the dining room where Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.86,0:01:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is an actress. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.95,0:01:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whos your favorite Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.74,0:01:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actress? Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.80,0:01:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judy Dench. But she Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.93,0:01:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldnt be smeared in Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.52,0:01:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marmalade. Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.07,0:01:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would be. Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.99,0:01:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.77,0:01:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can remember her. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.29,0:01:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the next 5 minutes I Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.89,0:01:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frantically try to imagine Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these crazy images and Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.37,0:01:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think where to put them. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.48,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The normally quite Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.23,0:02:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unexceptional Winston Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.46,0:02:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,household will never feel Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite the same again. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frankly Im convinced it Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.16,0:02:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wont work. Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.12,0:02:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay I think that better Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.61,0:02:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be, time up. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. Its not long enough. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.87,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the first two. Ill Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never remember that. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.64,0:02:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No youll do okay Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.20,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better get to work. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.85,0:02:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See you later. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.32,0:02:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now all Ive got to do Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.32,0:02:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is go through my normal Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.57,0:02:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working day. The challenge Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.42,0:02:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be see how many Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.68,0:02:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 30 words I can Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember at the end Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.40,0:02:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.21,0:02:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you think you can Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.04,0:02:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember any of the Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.69,0:02:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words I gave you earlier Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.52,0:02:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today? Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.33,0:02:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well Ill give it a go. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.64,0:03:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will start outside in Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.30,0:03:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the garden, wash, apple, Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.65,0:03:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jet, mad, actress, Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.40,0:03:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marmalade, jack, van, Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.87,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,polecat, tail, film, pier, Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.51,0:03:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bucket, chain, clock, tile, Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.70,0:03:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottle, sand. Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.43,0:03:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay try to remember Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.89,0:03:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the room you were in Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.16,0:03:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you thought of those Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.24,0:03:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.45,0:04:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salamander, paper, Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,microphone, cork, piano, Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.15,0:04:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dog, captain, tennis, kennel, Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.55,0:04:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tomato. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.24,0:04:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many out of 30 do Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.60,0:04:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think youve gotten. Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.84,0:04:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Ive probably gotten Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.86,0:04:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them all right. Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.34,0:04:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of them, well done. Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.66,0:04:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it works? Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.70,0:04:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course it does. Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.48,0:04:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we use simple story Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.29,0:04:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to memorize facts, were Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.23,0:04:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating several pathways to Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.86,0:04:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where those memories are Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.99,0:04:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formed in the brain. Its as Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.75,0:04:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if instead of setting up one Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.90,0:04:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set of dominos we are Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.68,0:04:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting up several. The Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.93,0:04:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reason we often have Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.90,0:04:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difficulty retrieving a memory Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.04,0:04:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because one neuron Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.58,0:04:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pathway can often get Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.78,0:04:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broken. But by having several Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.02,0:04:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different pathways to a memory Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.06,0:04:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that if one doesnt Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.57,0:05:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manage to reach it another Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.32,0:05:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one will. Thats the advantage Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.76,0:05:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the story technique it Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates lots of neural Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pathways in our brains, Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.97,0:05:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all our brains can work Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.88,0:05:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this way. Which is why Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.07,0:05:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone can use this method, Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.69,0:05:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using a story to memorize Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.36,0:05:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facts we all have the potential Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.04,0:05:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to perform astonishing feats Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.63,0:05:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of memory.