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EIDETIC MEMORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

The word eidetic (from a Greek word meaning "image") is the technical term for photographic memory, and around 5% of young children seem to have it. Yet eidetic memory is rare in adults. In other words, the reality of memory changes as we grow older.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Un phénomène naguère constaté et étudié, dont on ne parle plus, est celui de la mémoire eidétique. Certains enfants à qui l'on présentait une image posée sur une surface claire continuaient à voir cette image, après qu'on l'eu ôtée, et pouvaient encore l'explorer et la décrire avec précision.

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