eidetic memory

English

Noun

eidetic memory (plural eidetic memories)

1. Synonym of photographic memory
   • 1970, Daniel Stephen Halacy, Man and Memory, page 54:

     It does not seem to be, for the persistence time of the memory is short and fixed, whereas eidetic memory persists for a longer period of time.

   • 1984, Mark Dittrick, Diane Kender Dittrick, No Uncertain Terms, page 12:

     An even less common mnemonic phenomenon is a form of eidetic memory that involves the very clear rehearing of sounds.

   • 2001, Stefan Fatsis, Word Freak - Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players, page 246:

     Much like Cappelletto, his American child prodigy counterpart, Nyman has a prodigious, possibly eidetic memory, uncanny anagramming abilities, and better strategic vision than his peers.