memorizing random strings of numbers

[housenuts]

given 1 minute to look at a number, how many digits can you remember and correctly write down?

i started with 16-digit numbers, and have moved up to 24-digit numbers without failure yet. i'd say that's after about 30 seconds of studying. just curious to know how others do.

i've just been randomly mashing the keypad to generate my random numbers.

[elwoodblues]

3 (and I cheated, they weren't random --- it was just 1-2-3)

[daryn]

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i've just been randomly mashing the keypad to generate my random numbers.


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doesn't sound random at all

[Cubswin]

I can memorize a 9 digit zip code after glancing at it for less then 2 seconds. Does that count for something?

cubs

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

8675309

[cnfuzzd]

i recommend a good dose of whiskey, and maybe a prostitute or something. seriously. You have devoted time in your life to memorizing random 16 digit numbers, and you are telling someone about it. Dude, c'mon.....


peace

john nickle

[housenuts]

lol, devoted my life. i was just studying for my biopsych exam tomorrow and there was a section on memory. it said the average person can remember 7 digit numbers. probably something to do with the regularity of remembering phone numbers. so i took maybe 10 minutes of my time seeing how many i could remember. i was just wondering how people on this forum did because i bet they are more numbers and mathematically inclined than the average person.

as for mashing the keypad i know it's not completely random, but i think it's random enough for this experiment. all the numbers were utilized when it got to 24-digits.

[Evan]

46134687576817576876847864618718786187687576526891 7386

46134687576817576876847864618718786187687576526891 7386

[mmbt0ne]

If I remember my psych class right, it is more like there are 7 short-term memory banks in the average person's brain. Now, while this would seem to suggest only being able to memorize 7 digits, we have become so good at grouping things, that we can memorize more in that way. For instance, remembering a phone number, despite being 7 digits, would only take up one memory bank. I'm not suggesting that anyone can do 49+ numbers easily, but that is why you'll find most people doing much more than 7 pretty often.

[jakethebake]

Why? It's late there isn't it? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[bosoxfan]

hey my phone number is in there

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

This would suggest that a person such as housenuts should reconsider moving up in multiples of 8 and move in multiples of 7 instead. Very very non-interesting.

[stripsqueez]

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If I remember my psych class right, it is more like there are 7 short-term memory banks in the average person's brain. Now, while this would seem to suggest only being able to memorize 7 digits, we have become so good at grouping things, that we can memorize more in that way. For instance, remembering a phone number, despite being 7 digits, would only take up one memory bank. I'm not suggesting that anyone can do 49+ numbers easily, but that is why you'll find most people doing much more than 7 pretty often.

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this sounds good to me - perhaps it explains why i struggle with my own phone number - however i can tell you the order that the 52 cards were played in from most of the 100's of bridge hands that i've played in the last month

stripsqueez - chickenhawk

[JTrout]

I remembered my Neteller info quickly. It's 18 numbers.

456 33 767 1864 (975 864)

456 an old phone prefix
33 Larry Bird
767 jet airplan
1864 Civil War

975 864 odds/evens backwards

And the password is just a play on these #s- LBird33

I never have to look it up!

[Luke]

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I remembered my Neteller info quickly. It's 18 numbers.

456 33 767 1864 (975 864)

456 an old phone prefix
33 Larry Bird
767 jet airplan
1864 Civil War

975 864 odds/evens backwards

And the password is just a play on these #s- LBird33

I never have to look it up!

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I really hope this is a joke.

[LondonBroil]

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I remembered my Neteller info quickly. It's 18 numbers.

456 33 767 1864 (975 864)

456 an old phone prefix
33 Larry Bird
767 jet airplan
1864 Civil War

975 864 odds/evens backwards

And the password is just a play on these #s- LBird33

I never have to look it up!

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So what's the 6 digit code and how do you remember that? /images/graemlins/grin.gif