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Mental calculation consists of arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator. People may use mental calculation when computing tools are not available, when it is faster than other means of calculation (such as conventional educational institution ...
A mental calculator or human calculator is a person with a prodigious ability in some area of mental calculation (such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing large numbers). In 2005, a group of researchers led by Michael W. O'Boyle, an American psychologist previously working in Australia and now at Texas Tech University , has used MRI ...
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Yusnier Viera (born April 26, 1982) is a Cuban American mental calculator. He is well known as "The Human Calendar" for his world record on calendar dates. [1] On October 31, 2005 he broke for first time the World Record for calendar calculations. At the Mental Calculation World Cup in 2010 he won the calendar category. His current record for ...
Robert Fountain (born in 1969) is a British mental calculator. He won the first Mental Calculation World Cup in 2004 and the second Mental Calculation World Cup in 2006. [1] [2] [3] In 1999 he was recognised by the Mind Sports Organisation as the first Grandmaster of Mental Calculation. Fountain was inspired to take up mental calculation as a ...
Rüdiger Gamm (born 10 July 1971) is a German "mental calculator".He attained the ability to mentally evaluate large arithmetic expressions at the age of 21. [citation needed] He can also speak backwards, and calculate calendars.