Blind people are whizzes at remembering things in the right order, scientists
now find.
Zohary and his colleagues reasoned that since the blind constantly use
memory strategies to remember things are, that “practice makes perfect,”
giving the blind superior memory skills for other tasks.
Blind volunteers recalled 20 to 35 percent more words than sighted ones did,
indicating a better memory overall. Their greatest advantage, however, was
the ability to remember roughly twice as many more words in sequences
according to the right order.