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Nelson Dellis discusses memory training techniques and their impact on daily life and Alzheimer's awareness.

Can memory be trained? Six-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis says the answer is yes. He explains simple techniques to help people strengthen recall, focus and confidence in everyday life.Dellis is a memory coach, author, speaker and one of the world’s top competitive memorizers. Inspired by his grandmother’s death from Alzheimer’s disease, he began training his memory in 2009 and later founded Climb For Memory, a nonprofit that raises awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research through mountain climbing.In this conversation with Being Patient’s founder Deborah Kan, Dellis explains how memory techniques work, such as turning information into vivid images and linking items together through stories. He shares practical tips for remembering names, lists and numbers, and discusses the role of practice, attention and repetition in moving information from short-term recall to longer-term memory. Dellis also discusses how technology and artificial intelligence may be changing the way people use their memories, and why memory remains closely tied to identity, storytelling, and daily life.---If you loved listening to this Live Talk, visit our website to find more of our Alzheimer’s…

People in this episode

Host: Deborah Kan

Guest: Nelson Dellis

Topics covered

• memory training
• Alzheimer's awareness
• memory techniques
• cognitive health
• storytelling
• technology and memory

Keywords

• memory techniques
• recall
• focus
• confidence
• Alzheimer's
• cognitive health
• storytelling
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Climb For Memory, Being Patient

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