robert fajamian from m.i.t. in boston. like martin and boris in the netherlands, he recognized a gap in the research. there is no scientific explanation for why that happens. so my interest has been trying to figure out not that this works, which has been known since the time of the ancient greeks, but why does it work? what excites me act thbout this this is the biggest behavioral phenomenon i ve seen, where anybody can do a minimal amount of training, say a half hour a day, for two to three months and all of a sudden, you can do things like memorize the order of cards and a deck of cards, that you would have sworn were not possible. what they are going to get is a person s name. person comes up on stage, gives their name. they will then give their date of birth. the day long competition is a true test of stamina. the weekly practices and focus training at the pizza restaurant paid off.