How do the chasers know so much?

We envy their quickness of mind! But is it true that they have a 'photographic memory'? 'No, sorry – It's a myth! Each of The Chasers has the same number of neurons and brain connections as you do – it's what they do with them that makes the difference.

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Dr Allison Lamont answers this common common query.

Do the Quizzers on ‘The Chase’ have photographic memory?

We are often amazed by the way the Chasers can answer questions so quickly. We envy their quickness of mind!

But is it true that they have a ‘photographic memory’?

‘No, sorry – It’s a myth! Each of The Chasers has the same number of neurons and brain connections as you do – it’s what they do with them that makes the difference. If you spent your days reading voraciously, and revising your lists of facts for around four hours every day, your brain connections would be as active, also.’

Neuroscientists universally agree that there is no such thing as photographic memory.

The nearest we can come to it is known as an eidetic memory – this is where a person (particularly in childhood) holds a visual image of what they have seen for much longer than is usual. In the sensory memory, images disappear very fast indeed, but those with an eidetic memory may hold on to an image for 30 seconds or more which is long enough for the image to be transferred to long-term memory. However, this is not as durable as something studied at length, the way The Chasers do. We do hear of individuals with savant ability in memory – but this is always at huge developmental and mental cost. An example is Stephen Wiltshire who, diagnosed as autistic was sent to a school for special needs. Although he didn’t speak at all until nine years of age, he developed a passion for drawing – animals, London buses, city landmarks. He has a particularly strong savant talent – he can draw an accurate and detailed landscape of a city after seeing it once. He famously drew a 10-metre long panorama of Tokyo after a short helicopter ride over the city! As in other skills, some have more natural ability at memorising than others. But as we are all well aware, strategies and practice can improve and develop our skills.

So, the answer is no.

Although people may think The Chasers have photographic memory, no reputable science backs that up at all.

Do you have a question? Just ask Dr Lamont!

Memory Foundation co-founder and memory expert, Dr Allison Lamont, PhD (Psych), MA (1st), CPsychol (BPS), NZAC, NZPsS, APS, ASSBI.

https://memoryclinic.co.nz

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Who is the most intelligent on The Chase?

Darragh Ennis, aka The Menace, comes out on top. Darragh won in 90% of his shows last season.

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The Chase sees members of the public pitted against some of the best brains in Britain in a bid to take home potentially huge sums of money. The television quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, sees four people who have never met before form a team and take on one of the Chasers. The Chasers are chosen, it seems, at random - but which Chaser players are up against could impact their chances of winning. Fan site One Question Shootout has crunched the numbers for each series. Based on their performances, it has ranked the Chasers and there is a clear winner. Its most recent ranking compares the performances from the quiz show's 14th series. Darragh Ennis, aka The Menace, comes out on top. Darragh won in 90% of his shows last season. Coming just behind him is Paul "The Sinnerman" Sinha with an impressive score of 87.9%. Jenny Ryan comes in third with a win rate of 80.6%, narrowly beating Anne Hegerty who has a win rate of 80%. Shaun Wallace and Mark Labbett had win rates of 72.% and 67.6%, respectively.

The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV and the ITV Hub

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