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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.46,0:00:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...equipment as everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.13,0:00:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's something anybody can\Ndo.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.48,0:00:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds intriguing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.18,0:00:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to give it\Na try.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.45,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Andi, what mental torture\Nhave you got for me this morning?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm going to give you this\Nlist of words,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.77,0:00:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to try to\Nremember them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.66,0:00:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the words: Wash,\Napple, jet, mad, actress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.27,0:00:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marmalade, jack, van, clock,\Ntile, polecat, tail, film, pier,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.68,0:00:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bucket, chain, bottle, sand,\Negg, window, salamander, paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.60,0:00:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,microphone, Coke, piano, dog, captain, tennis, kennel, tomato.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.93,0:00:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huh, huh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.49,0:00:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're going to be able to\Nremember it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.84,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.62,0:00:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I think you might because\NI'm going to give you a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.54,0:00:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technique that will help.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask you to picture\Ntwo words at a time in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.68,0:00:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sequence of locations around\Nyour home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.58,0:00:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll give these two...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.76,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I'll have three things\Nto remember:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two words plus the location.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.51,0:01:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You already know the locations\Naround your home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.46,0:01:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the sense of location is\Ngoing to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.49,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trust me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.98,0:01:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to add to your\Nproblems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.43,0:01:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.74,0:01:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.74,0:01:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to give you at least \Nuntil that egg gets cold to have a look at that list.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.69,0:01:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.77,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I start off in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wash the apple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.84,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go into the hall where there's a\Njet madly flying around.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the dining room where there's\Nan actress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.10,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's your favorite actress?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.46,0:01:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judi Dench.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.68,0:01:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she wouldn't be smeared in\Nmarmalade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.24,0:01:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.69,0:01:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can remember her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.97,0:01:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the next five minutes, I\Nfrantically try to imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.93,0:01:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these crazy images and think\Nwhere to put them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.41,0:02:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The normally quite unexceptional\NWinston household will never
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.55,0:02:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel quite the same again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.56,0:02:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frankly, I'm convinced it won't\Nwork.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.09,0:02:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Better be time out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.33,0:02:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.\NYep, yep.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.03,0:02:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the first two.\NFull of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.42,0:02:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.34,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, no, you'll do okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.50,0:02:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better get to work.\NSee you later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now all I've got to do is to go\Nthrough my normal working day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The challenge will be to see how\Nmany of the 30 words I can
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.93,0:02:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember at the end of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.04,0:02:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you think you can\Nremember any of the words
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.74,0:02:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave you earlier today?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.46,0:03:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give it a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.37,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start off outside in the\Ngarden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.96,0:03:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wash apple.\NJet mad.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actress marmalade.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.21,0:03:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jack, van.\NPolecat tail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.16,0:03:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right.. Bucket chain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.75,0:03:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, uh.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.41,0:03:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clock, tile.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.47,0:03:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bottle, sand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.17,0:03:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.61,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try to remember the room you\Nwere in when you thought of those words.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.25,0:04:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salamander, paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.81,0:04:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microphone, Coke.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.42,0:04:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Piano, dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.80,0:04:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Captain, tennis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.81,0:04:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kennel, tomato.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many out 30 do you think\Nyou got?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.80,0:04:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I probably got them all\Nright.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.37,0:04:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.04,0:04:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well done.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.29,0:04:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.37,0:04:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course it does.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.32,0:04:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we use a simple story to\Nmemorize facts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.48,0:04:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're creating several pathways\Nto where those memories are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.70,0:04:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formed in the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.54,0:04:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as if instead of lining up\None set of dominos,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.29,0:04:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're setting up several.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.65,0:04:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason we often have\Ndifficulties in retrieving
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.04,0:04:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our memory is because one neural\Npathway can easily get broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.56,0:04:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by having several different\Npathways to our memory,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.40,0:04:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that if one doesn't\Nmanage to reach it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.65,0:05:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another one will.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.99,0:05:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the advantage of the\Nstory technique.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.60,0:05:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It creates lots of neural\Npathways in our brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.77,0:05:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of our brains can work\Nin this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.48,0:05:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why everyone can use\Nthis method.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.57,0:05:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By using a story to memorize\Nfacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.93,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all have the potential to\Nperform astonishing feats of\Nmemory.