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Memory athletes could be on the right track to a longer life

National / Science & Health | NATURAL SELECTIONS Jun 2, 2018

Memory athletes could be on the right track to a longer life

by Rowan Hooper

To memory athlete Akira Haraguchi reciting pi is like chanting the Buddhist mantra and meditating: "Everything that circles around carries the spirit of the Buddha. I think pi is the ultimate example of that."

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