(ARA) - Everyone uses their memory at some point during their
work day. Whether you are a teacher, stay-at-home mom, medical
professional, skilled laborer, restaurant server, or specialize
in another craft, your hippocampus - the part of the brain that
supports short-term memory - is critical for remembering
important appointments, names and even where you parked your
car. A recent survey conducted by NMI Research and DSM
Nutritional Products found that 84 percent of more than 1,000
respondents ranked "memory" as being the most important
occupational skill. Other top ranking skills include problem
solving (85 percent) and organizational skills (87 percent).
Nelson Dellis, 28, the two-time USA Memory Champion, works as a
memory consultant by day. Dellis went on to win the 2012 USA
Memory Championship after memorizing and recalling 303 random
digits in less than five minutes. "Many people ask me what's the
secret to memorizing random names, faces, numbers, shopping
lists, among many other things," says Dellis.