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Your new colleagues introduce themselves to you and suddenly you've forgotten all the names again? Why can't we remember so much and can we improve our memory performance? In search of the answers, Jasmina Neudecker meets the memory world champion and brain researcher Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad in this episode of #TerraXplore. Together they practice for the German Memory Championship, the challenge: remember 100 names and faces in 5 minutes. Will Jasmina manage it? The #neurobiologist Prof. Dr. Tobias Bonhoeffer from the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried also explains what happens in our #brain when we learn and store new information. ******* CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro: can you tune your memory? 01:13 Using your memory correctly - the Loci method 08:30 How does our memory work? 10:45 Storing information - how does it work? 13:44 Why does practice help with remembering? 17:27 This is why the Loci method works 18:16 Associating and linking - remembering names made easy 23:14 At the memory championship - the pros are that awesome 26:23 Conclusion: can anyone become a "super brain"? ******* You can find more videos from the Terra X cosmos in the media library: http://kurz.zdf.de/XploreOL/ Terra X on Facebook: / zdfterrax Terra X on Instagram: / terrax ******* OUR SOURCES: 👉 This is how our brain "stores" information on a neuronal level: https://www.spektrum.de/video/wie-kom... 👉 What is neuronal plasticity? https://www.mpg.de/100045/HM09_Neuron... 👉 How do mnemonics work? https://www.philognosie.net/denken-le... 👉 If you want to train your memory yourself, you can find an interesting online tool here: https://www.memoryxl.de/memoryxl-geda... 👉 Here Boris Konrad explains the Loci method: https://www.boriskonrad.de/gedaechtni... ******* IN THE VIDEO Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad, memory world champion and brain researcher Prof. Dr. Tobias Bonhoeffer, neurobiologist ******* CREDITS Script & Direction: Raphael Lauer Editing: Florian Geyer Camera: Tenzin Sherpa, Luca Zanner, Jannis Bierschenk Sound: Henning Sliwa, Manuel Brem Graphics: Marc Trompeter Editors: Nikolaus Wirth, Angelika Hoffmann, Veronica Pieper Production: Martin Schädl, Simone Miller, Moritz Bömicke