Photographic memory, eidetic memory, or total recall, is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume. It is said that many famous artists and composers, like Claude Monet and Mozart, possibly had eidetic memory. Eidetic memory - Controversy. Dr. Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind, claims to have been unable to verify claims of eidetic memory (see sections 15.3 & 15.6) and considers reports of eid ...

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Eidetic memory, Eidetic memory - Controversy, Eidetic memory - Real People With Possible Eidetic Memory, Eidetic memory - Eidetic memory in fiction

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Dr. Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind, claims to have been unable to verify claims of eidetic memory (see sections 15.3 & 15.6) and considers reports of eidetic memory to be an "unfounded myth". Support for the belief that eidetic memory could be a myth was supplied by the psychologist Adriaan de Groot, who conducted an experiment into the ability of chess Grandmasters to memorise complex positions of chess pieces on a chess board. Initially it was found that these experts could recall surprising amounts of inf ...

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Eidetic memory, Eidetic memory - Controversy, Eidetic memory - People Who Possess or May Have Possessed Eidetic Memory, Eidetic memory - Eidetic memory in fiction

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Visual memory is a part of memory preserving some characteristics of our senses pertaining to visual experience. We are able to place in memory information that resembles objects, places, animals or people in sort of a mental image. Some authors refer to this experience as an “our mind's eye” through which we can retrieve from our memory a mental image of the original object, place, animal or person. The first scientist to give serious consideration to visual imagery was Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) in the field of indivi ...

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• Visual memory - Eidetic imagery
• Visual memory - Photographic memory
• Visual memory - Iconic memory
• Visual memory - Spatial memory
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The title Mnemonist (derived from the term Mnemonic) refers to an individual with the ability to remember and recall unusually long lists of data, for example: unfamiliar names, lists of numbers, entries in books, etc. Such individuals have also been described as possessing an Eidetic memory, although whether such abilities are innate behaviour or somehow learned appears somewhat contentious. Nonetheless, individuals famed as Mnemonists have become part of popular myth, lore, fiction, contemporary med ...

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An autistic savant or idiot savant is a person with extraordinary mental abilities, often in numerical calculation, but sometimes in art or music. Savant skills are often associated with autism or mental retardation. Autistic savant - Abilities. A person with an extraordinary single mental skill but an otherwise unexceptional intellect, may be described simply as a savant, without qualifier, although savant is also frequently used figuratively to mean a person of learning, especially on ...

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Picture thinking, visual thinking or visual/spatial learning is the phenomenon of thinking through visual processing, where most people would think with linguistic or verbal processing. It is nonlinear and often has the nature of a computer simulation, in the sense that a lot of data is put through a process to yield insight into complex systems, which would be impossible through language alone. Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking. Thinking visually is often associated ...

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• Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking
• Picture thinking - Dimensions of picture thinkers
• Picture thinking - Characteristics of visual thinking
• Picture thinking - A mixed blessing
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Total recall may mean: Total recall (memory), a term for Eidetic or Photographic memory. Total Recall, the 1990 science fiction film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone Total Recall, a videogame based on the movie Total Recall 2070, a television series based on the film "Total Recall", a euphemism for the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, in which GOP candidate Schwarzenegger defeated Democratic incumbent Gray Davis Tota

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Asperger syndrome (sometimes called Asperger's syndrome, AS, or the more common shorthand Asperger's), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high-functioning autism. In very broad terms, individuals with Asperger's have normal or above average intellectual capacity, and atypical or less well developed social skills, often with emotional/social development or integration happening later than usual as a result. The term "Asperger's synd ...

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• Asperger syndrome - Prevalence
• Asperger syndrome - Characteristics
• Asperger syndrome - Social impairments
• Asperger syndrome - Narrow intense interests
• Asperger syndrome - Speech and language peculiarities
• Asperger syndrome - Other characteristics
• Asperger syndrome - Living with Asperger syndrome
• Asperger syndrome - Definitions and diagnostic criteria
• Asperger syndrome - Relationship to autism
• Asperger syndrome - Possible causes and origins
• Asperger syndrome - A gift and a curse
• Asperger syndrome - Speculation about recognized people who may have Asperger syndrome
• Asperger syndrome - Shift away from view as a disease
• Asperger syndrome - Criticisms and controversies
• Asperger syndrome - Asperger syndrome as a social construct
• Asperger syndrome - The extreme male brain theory
• Asperger syndrome - Culture

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Eidetic imagery is perhaps the only kind that produces actual visual memory that can be looked at similarly as if at looking the actual picture. Lake, Haber and Haber produced a study in which they presented a subject with an image for 30 seconds. After removing the image the subjects ware asked whether they could see anything. In a study of elementary school children they presented them with an illustration of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. After removing it some children were describing with a vivid ...

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Visual memory, Visual memory - Eidetic imagery, Visual memory - Photographic memory, Visual memory - Iconic memory, Visual memory - Spatial memory, Visual memory - Sources

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Although picture thinking offers many unique capabilities, in practice many picture thinkers have had a hard time adapting to the demands of a world with predominantly linguistic thinkers. In the Netherlands most of the teachers are slowly becoming aware of the unique problems picture thinkers face, and are starting to recognize these children. This is important because these children need extra help with some of their lessons, and an understanding of the challenges these childr ...

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Picture thinking, Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking, Picture thinking - Dimensions of picture thinkers, Picture thinking - Characteristics of visual thinking, Picture thinking - A mixed blessing, Picture thinking - List of people with visual processing, Picture thinking - Books

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In psychology, picture thinking is often confused with dyslexia, and it is true that people who 'think in pictures' often have difficulty with learning to read, but not all picture thinkers suffer from the normal symptoms associated with dyslexia. Some autistics think in pictures. Symptoms that most picture thinkers do share are: Problems remembering abstract chains of letters, like names. Difficulty in explaining concepts they have invented. Writing in a very convoluted style. Natural ability t ...

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Picture thinking, Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking, Picture thinking - Dimensions of picture thinkers, Picture thinking - Characteristics of visual thinking, Picture thinking - A mixed blessing, Picture thinking - List of people with visual processing, Picture thinking - Books

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What a picture thinker is or does is still debated, but some research has been done in the Netherlands where they call picture thinking beelddenken. In particular, the Maria J. Krabbe Stichting is doing research (see link below). Researchers there have developed a method of detecting picture thinking in young children by using the so called "the world game" (het wereldspel). Picture thinkers, as the word says, think in pictures, not in the linear fashion using language that is normally associated with thinking. Of course this is a simplifi ...

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Picture thinking, Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking, Picture thinking - Dimensions of picture thinkers, Picture thinking - Characteristics of visual thinking, Picture thinking - A mixed blessing, Picture thinking - List of people with visual processing, Picture thinking - Books

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The series focused on two primary protagonists: Simon Archard and Emma Bishop. The relationship between the two attractive leads remains purely professional throughout the series and never becomes romantic, although the two share great chemistry and other characters make numerous innuendos about their relationship. Simon Archard is a detective. He is a master sleuth and extremely competent. He has eidetic memory. He is feared by the criminals of Partington, and his presence apparently keeps the crime rate low. He is close to em ...

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Ruse comics, Ruse comics - Setting, Ruse comics - Characters, Ruse comics - Plot

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Ungar was originally a champion gin player. When he was 10 years old in 1963, he won a local tournament. By 1967, he was regarded as one of the best players in New York. He dropped out of school in 1968 to play gin rummy full time and began winning tournaments earning him $10,000 or more. He later moved to Miami, Florida to find more action, and in 1976, he left for Las Vegas, Nevada. Though he is more well known for his poker accomplishments, Ungar regarded himself as a better gin rummy player, once stating, "Some day, I suppose it's ...

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Stu Ungar, Stu Ungar - From gin to poker to drugs, Stu Ungar - Final years, Stu Ungar - Legacy

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Susan Fletcher, a brilliant mathematician, head of National Security Agency's cryptography division, finds herself faced with an unbreakable code, resistant to brute-force attacks by NSA's 3 million processor supercomputer. The code was written by a Japanese cryptographer, Ensei Tankado, a former employee of the NSA who was displeased with the agency's intrusion of people's privacy and discharged for the same reason. Tankado has auctioned the algorithm on his web page and has threatened to make his accomplice, who names himself North Dakota, release the algorithm for free if he dies. But ...

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Digital Fortress, Digital Fortress - Plot, Digital Fortress - Main characters, Digital Fortress - Artistic license, Digital Fortress - Criticism, Digital Fortress - Code solution

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After his father dies and his stepmother remarries, Max Jones runs away from the family farm. Following the ring road to a hobo camp, he finds a friendly face in Sam Anderson, a former Imperial Marine. Most occupations are controlled by guilds, and many are only open to hereditary membership. One of these is the Astrogator's Guild, and his uncle had been a member. Max hopes that before he died, his uncle had nominated him for hereditary membership, since his uncle had no children. He makes his way to Earthport in the hopes of becoming a star ...

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Starman Jones, Starman Jones - Editions, Starman Jones - Plot summary, Starman Jones - Discussion

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Thinking visually is often associated with the right half of the brain. The visual-spatial learner model is based on the newest discoveries in brain research about the different functions of the hemispheres. The left hemisphere is sequential, analytical, and time-oriented. The right hemisphere perceives the whole, synthesizes, and apprehends movement in space. Picture thinking could be called "non-linguistic thinking," and people who do such information processing could be called "visual thinkers". It involves thinking beyond the definitions of l ...

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Picture thinking, Picture thinking - Information processing in visual thinking, Picture thinking - Dimensions of picture thinkers, Picture thinking - Characteristics of visual thinking, Picture thinking - A mixed blessing, Picture thinking - List of people with visual processing, Picture thinking - Books

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The factual liberties mentioned above have spawned criticism. The novel has also been criticized for its short-attention-span writing style (128 chapters in 429 pages), and some critics have felt the characters of the novel are not believable. In Spain, the novel has been criticized for depicting the country as having substandard health care, corrupt police and poor telecommunications, among other things. Critics argue that this negative depiction of Spain is far from the truth, arguing that Spain's health service is, according ...

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Digital Fortress, Digital Fortress - Plot, Digital Fortress - Main characters, Digital Fortress - Artistic license, Digital Fortress - Criticism, Digital Fortress - Code solution

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A person with an extraordinary single mental skill but an otherwise unexceptional intellect, may be described simply as a savant, without qualifier, although savant is also frequently used figuratively to mean a person of learning, especially one of great knowledge in a particular subject, without regard to the person's overall intellect. True savantism is a rare phenomenon which occurs in some autistic people and some people with certain developmental disorders. Some people have acquired savant-like abilities after suff ...

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Autistic savant, Autistic savant - Abilities, Autistic savant - Famous autistic savants, Autistic savant - In movies and literature

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