Editors agree that your sources are poor. In trying to find reference to that in more recent times, I failed, but found instead references to somewhat lesser accomplishments as being the top record. Photographic (eidetic) memory is a term given to describe an almost perfect replication of some observed material (usually observed for only a short period of time). AP Psychology. Due to this article’s rather short length, there is plenty of room for examples to help further illustrate this phenomenon.

Photographic memory, then, would be the visual component of eidetic recall. Brpllinson (talk) 19:17, 27 September 2017 (UTC).

It gets quite extreme in places, so it might not be to everyone's taste. It refers to the ability to recall memories in vivid visual detail without the use of mnemonic techniques. Most Shichida memory activities involve the right brain because the activities are visual in nature. Once the picture has faded away, eidetic images cannot be retrieved. Author Andrew Hudmon commented… Benefits of a strong right-brain memory include: Generally building a stronger right brain to balance the left brain, Being able to draw and recall complex maps or images of their surroundings, Increased creativity, visualisation and intuition. However let me notice that the statement of existence of eidetic memory is basically not, The latter point brings me to another one: I have an impression that eidetic memory is rather a person's. Scholar Annette Kujawski Taylor stated, "In eidetic memory, a person has an almost faithful mental image snapshot or photograph of an event in their memory. Annette Kujawski Taylor (2013). The sentence "It is found in early childhood (between 2 percent and 10 percent of that age group) and is unconnected with the person's intelligence level" is reiterated two sentences later in slightly greater detail. Lots of people claim to have a photographic memory, but nobody actually does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.42.38.207 (talk) 09:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC), Eidetic IMAGERY is the appropriate term and it is NOT photographic memory. There are varying degrees of photographic memory, including being able to remember accompanying senses such as smell and taste. After 30 to 40 seconds the pattern is removed and replaced with a blank screen, and the person is then tested to see how many precise details of the patten he or she recalls. And from what I see, this RfC concerns a topic that people generally are not interested in anyway.

The Shichida Method is unique in that it also teaches skills most often associated with the right brain such as empathy, creativity, intuition, imaging and photographic memory. p. 140. I also noted the following to Rhoark about photographic memory vs eidetic memory: I don't see any consensus that we should be strict in stating that they are not the same thing. But then you stated, "There seems to be agreement that the article should more clearly partition its material to being about one concept or the other, but should not over-emphasize terminology as a way to distinguish the two." Photographic memory, of course, is defined as memory recall with the exactness of a photograph. Basically it says that this kind of memory is thought to be non existant. I don't have time now, but I would be interested to work on the improvement of this article. Of course, he couldn't do it, so he asked the teacher to show (actually flash) him her book. Pearson Higher Education. Eidetic memory means the ability to recall objects, pictures, sounds or events in short term memory with extraordinary accuracy. There is not a consistent terminology used in sources. Photographic memory is fictional. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

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Also this stuff is parroted around the web almost word for word.....but back to my story, back then, I read about the stereo pair recognition, but it was a delay of one week, not one day.
In the early days, the International Association of Transaction Analysis web site....not the same web sites that are around now...was a wealth of interesting information about all kinds of wonderful books across the spectrum of help and self help including the TA books like Games People Play, What do you say after you say hello, Borne to Win, and other Eric Berne, Murial James, Claude Steiner etc. The intuitive notion of a 'photographic' memory is that it is just like a photograph: you can retrieve it from your memory at will and examine it in detail, zooming in on different parts. I then decided to go ahead and source the interchangeability aspect, add other sourced material, and to better design the article article; that is seen here and here. Properly done scientific investigations do not support the idea that anyone has photographic, perfect, or eidetic memory. They recently offered helpful comments in another terminological dispute. They are not the same things and should not be used interchangeably. Children with eidetic memory cannot memorize a page of text as photographic memory would imply. They just can't take mental snapshots and recall them with perfect fidelity. In the case of Eric Berne..I believe that the site had been taken over for a while by a Doctor who had his own style of therapy to push and so he was disparaging Eric Berne to knock him down from his fame of the time in order to replace it with his own dog and pony show.....a method that was popular at that time of our history....you know, the sort of thing you see for a while, but don't notice it a few years after or a few years before. 10. Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior. If a person had iconic memory that did not fade with time, he or she would have what is sometimes called photographic memory (also called eidetic memory), the ability to recall entire images with extreme detail. Level 4, Suite 4002 I see no indication that ABC-CLIO, the company that published the book, is a self-publishing company. Biological Psychology. Elvis Presley Biography Snippets And Music Videos, Andrew Carnegie Biography Snippets And Video. p. 117. Pearson Higher Education. As children grow, so too do the activities become increasingly more difficult. Retrieved May 10, 2016. Mental Photography also promotes hemispheric balancing and hence greater neuro-efficiency (synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres) through our whole-brain learning techniques. ISBN 0857256947. I have made some edits and added some citations to the section on Elizabeth's alleged abilities. I Arman Cagle, have added a reference section, p. 128. Arman Cagle, Arman Cagle (Contact me EMail Me Contribs) 17:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC). It is you editing with your POV mindset.

ST Press. In David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, the character Hal Incandenza has an eidetic memory. Essentially “taking a snapshot” of visual information that is stored into memory to be called upon when or as needed.

I first heard about it on TV and thought it looked like an interesting program – mainly because it worked on skills like visualisation techniques, fine motor skills, confidence building and fun aspects of learning that didn’t seem to be offered in any other activities… This has really stimulated her learning, improved her concentration and helped her prepare for the transition to school. Ability to remember information for a long time afterwards. ISBN 1483323269. I added a paragraph on Will Self's novel "My Idea of Fun". Eidetic vs. photographic memory Some people use the terms photographic memory and eidetic memory interchangeably, but these two phenomena are different. I've noticed this change of information of the day in other regards. It is important to recognize that those that naturally have such an extraordinary recall capability do not depend on mnemonics or other memory techniques to remember the objects. [citation needed].

Let99 (talk) 15:45, 11 May 2014 (UTC), Until recently, Let99 and I hadn't extensively edited this article in years. There are also memory courses that come with a guarantee to impart you the ability to memorize everything – including formulas, passwords, faces, names and entire books – and keep the information in your mind for as long as you want. The Encyclopedia of the Brain and Brain Disorders. Annette Kujawski Taylor (2013). Because visual intake of information is a major stimulus in humans, some began referring to eidetic recall as ‘photographic’, which is also more readily relatable to the general person and hence often came to be used.