By the way, most of the contestants ranged between 40 and 50 years. Where is the secret, then? Many attributed their skills to the use of mnemonics. Do we need to remember a series of words? An effective technique is the use of acronyms, ie, the formation of new terms cogniflex with the first letters of a group of words. If we remember the name of the general who inherited the empire of Alexander the Great, that is, Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy and Seleucus, we could use the acronym licatose. Another similar technique is the use of acrostics, very common in Hebrew literature. In many psalms, for example, the first word of each line or each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see Psalms Thanks to this technique the singers managed the feat to remember the 176 verses of Psalm 119. http://healthnbeautyfacts.com/cogniflex/