eidetic memory
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[edit]Noun
[edit]eidetic memory (plural eidetic memories)
- 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.