Exceptional memory is the ability to have accurate and detailed recall in a variety of ways, including hyperthymesia, eidetic memory, synesthesia, and...

poor performance on standardised memory tests and average performance at school, unable to apply her exceptional memory to her studies. Deficits in executive...

between ordinary memory and exceptional memory appears to be one of degree." To constitute photographic or eidetic memory, the visual recall must persist...

possess a near photographic memory and could reportedly recite entire books after reading them once. Exceptional memory – about the scientific background...

2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from...

likelihood of events with greater "availability" in memory, which can be influenced by how recent the memories are or how unusual or emotionally charged they...

Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time...

also /səˈvɑːnt/ sav-AHNT) is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in one domain, such as art or mathematics, despite significant...

means identical. Many memory experts have been shown to be average to above-average by these two measures, but not exceptional. The next step is to create...

In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon where someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually...

concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability that memory traces in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer period of time that...

formulas. There is greater understanding if students commit a formula to memory through exercises that use the formula rather than through rote repetition...

The art of memory (Latin: ars memoriae) is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions...

Confabulation is a memory error consisting of the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. It is generally...

memory syndrome (FMS) was a proposed "pattern of beliefs and behaviors" in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by false memories...

Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be...

own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring. This self-awareness of memory has important...

(/nəˈmɒnɪk/ nə-MON-ik), memory trick or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating...

Childhood memory refers to memories formed during childhood. Among its other roles, memory functions to guide present behaviour and to predict future outcomes...

working memory. Other suggested names were short-term memory, primary memory, immediate memory, operant memory, and provisional memory. Short-term memory is...

cats have substantial spatial memory. Some of the cats in the study demonstrated exceptional long term spatial memory. One of them, usually traveling...

Short-term memory (or "primary" or "active memory") is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for...

more accurate model of primary memory (often referred to as short-term memory). Working memory splits primary memory into multiple components, rather...

Since then, he has lacked the ability to form new memories and cannot recall aspects of his memories, frequently believing that he has only recently awoken...

memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases, but it can also be temporarily caused by the use of various sedative and hypnotic drugs. The memory can...

1909) was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory. Ebbinghaus discovered the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was...

Memory erasure is the selective artificial removal of memories or associations from the mind. Memory erasure has been shown to be possible in some experimental...

explicit memory (declarative memory) and implicit memory (non-declarative memory). Explicit memory is broken down into episodic and semantic memory, while...

as a memory. Maintenance rehearsal is a type of memory rehearsal that is useful in maintaining information in short-term memory or working memory. Because...

Involuntary memory, also known as involuntary explicit memory, involuntary conscious memory, involuntary aware memory, madeleine moment, mind pops and...