Comments on: Can anybody tell me for certain if there's such a thing as a true photographic memory? http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm Sat, 19 May 2012 07:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: ThePeskyWabbit http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm/comment-page-1#comment-661 ThePeskyWabbit Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000 http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm#comment-661 Yes, indeed there is. Cognitive psychologists have pondered this question on and off for many years. The psychological term for photographic memory is 'eidectic memory', and it has been quite controversial. There are some rare individuals who are known as eidetikers who possess a genuinely 'photographic memory, where 'photographic' means registering visual images in great detail so that they can later be inspected like photographs. An example of such a person is provided in Neisser's Memory Observed collection. Elizabeth, an artist and the wife of visual scientist Charles Stromeyer, can inspect a random pattern of 1000s of black and white dots then compare it with the same pattern altered by shifting some of the dots horizontally, and detect the shape of the shifted dot pattern. In other words, she can perform stereopsis between a remembered and present visual image. This is an astonishing feat of visual memory. Eidectic memory is thought to be more common in childhood, which makes Elizabeth's stereoscopic feat even more remarkable. Haber (1979) provided an extensive review of the literature, and that is the place to start if you want to delve more deeply into this subject matter. In an Investigating Minds seminar held in1997 one of the students, Sally Jane, prepared a web site about photographic memory that has useful material like definitions, history, and references. Check out Sally Jane's Peach Puff Domain. Some Research Sources: Gray, C.R., and Gummerman, K. (1975). The enigmatic eidetic image: A critical examination of methods, data, and theories. Psychological Bulletin 82, 383-407. Haber, R.N. (1979). Twenty years of haunting eidetic imagery: Where's the ghost? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2, 583-629. Haber, R.N., and Haber, L.R. (1988). The Characteristics of Eidetic Imagery. In Fein, D. and Obler, L.K. (Eds.) The Exceptional Brain. New York, London: The Guilford Press, 218-241. Paivio, A., and Cohen, M. (1979). Eidetic imagery and coginitive abilities. Journal of Mental Imagery 3, 53-64. Stromeyer, C.F. (1982). An Adult Eidetiker. In Ulric Neisser (ed). Memory Observed. New York:W.H. Freeman and Company. p.399-404. Yes, indeed there is.

Cognitive psychologists have pondered this question on and off for many years. The psychological term for photographic memory is ‘eidectic memory’, and it has been quite controversial.

There are some rare individuals who are known as eidetikers who possess a genuinely ‘photographic memory, where ‘photographic’ means registering visual images in great detail so that they can later be inspected like photographs.

An example of such a person is provided in Neisser’s Memory Observed collection. Elizabeth, an artist and the wife of visual scientist Charles Stromeyer, can inspect a random pattern of 1000s of black and white dots then compare it with the same pattern altered by shifting some of the dots horizontally, and detect the shape of the shifted dot pattern. In other words, she can perform stereopsis between a remembered and present visual image. This is an astonishing feat of visual memory.

Eidectic memory is thought to be more common in childhood, which makes Elizabeth’s stereoscopic feat even more remarkable. Haber (1979) provided an extensive review of the literature, and that is the place to start if you want to delve more deeply into this subject matter.

In an Investigating Minds seminar held in1997 one of the students, Sally Jane, prepared a web site about photographic memory that has useful material like definitions, history, and references. Check out Sally Jane’s Peach Puff Domain.

Some Research Sources:
Gray, C.R., and Gummerman, K. (1975). The enigmatic eidetic image: A critical examination of methods, data, and theories. Psychological Bulletin 82, 383-407.

Haber, R.N. (1979). Twenty years of haunting eidetic imagery: Where’s the ghost? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2, 583-629.

Haber, R.N., and Haber, L.R. (1988). The Characteristics of Eidetic Imagery. In Fein, D. and Obler, L.K. (Eds.) The Exceptional Brain. New York, London: The Guilford Press, 218-241.

Paivio, A., and Cohen, M. (1979). Eidetic imagery and coginitive abilities. Journal of Mental Imagery 3, 53-64.

Stromeyer, C.F. (1982). An Adult Eidetiker. In Ulric Neisser (ed). Memory Observed. New York:W.H. Freeman and Company. p.399-404.

]]> By: Sport hottie http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm/comment-page-1#comment-662 Sport hottie Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000 http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm#comment-662 yeah i kind of have it i can remember a face for years just not the name of the person yeah i kind of have it i can remember a face for years just not the name of the person

]]> By: billyandgaby http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm/comment-page-1#comment-663 billyandgaby Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000 http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm#comment-663 True Phpotgraphic memory has to be a myth. If I flash every page of a 1000 page book in front of a person. 1 page per second, there is no human on earth that will be able to recite it back to me. BP True Phpotgraphic memory has to be a myth.

If I flash every page of a 1000 page book in front of a person. 1 page per second, there is no human on earth that will be able to recite it back to me.

BP

]]> By: star_sharpay http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm/comment-page-1#comment-664 star_sharpay Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000 http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm#comment-664 I think some people do have photographic memory. Only because my friend may have that because he can remember things really well even if i cant. He can remember almost every detail of something hes looked at. So yes I think there is such a thing as photographic memory. I think some people do have photographic memory. Only because my friend may have that because he can remember things really well even if i cant. He can remember almost every detail of something hes looked at. So yes I think there is such a thing as photographic memory.

]]> By: thumper http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm/comment-page-1#comment-665 thumper Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000 http://howtodevelopaphotographicmemory.com/can-anybody-tell-me-for-certain-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-true-photographic-memory.htm#comment-665 Yes its real, I had a Friend who had one when I was growing up. He had a speech impairment and people thought he was an idiot when he talked. But he could tell you almost anything from memory. Yes its real, I had a Friend who had one when I was growing up. He had a speech impairment and people thought he was an idiot when he talked. But he could tell you almost anything from memory.

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