Representational Tenets for Memory Athletics
This work addresses the problem of understanding extreme human memory performance for researchers in cognitive science and memory athletics, but it is incremental as it builds on existing theories without presenting new empirical results.
The paper analyzes world-class memory competition methods through the lens of S3Q consciousness theory to propose experiments for understanding expert memory limits.
We describe the current state of world-class memory competitions, including the methods used to prepare for and compete in memory competitions, based on the subjective report of World Memory Championship Grandmaster and co-author Nelson Dellis. We then explore the reported experiences through the lens of the Simulated, Situated, and Structurally coherent Qualia (S3Q) theory of consciousness, in order to propose a set of experiments to help further understand the boundaries of expert memory performance.