Is there such a thing as a photographic memory? If so how do you know if you have such memory?
2006-07-25 07:29:25 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
i can remember events and people very vividly, especialy events from my child hood. it scares my parents!
2006-07-25 07:43:26 · update #1
It's known as "Eidetic Memory". Yes it exists and is proven. There are people who have an amazing ability to open a book to a random page and do little more then glance at it and can recite the page verbatim. Some of us are lucky enough to have some semblance of a "photographic" memory as we can recall with vivid clarity events, pictures and sometimes, the written word with a great deal of accuracy. If you feel you have an extraordinary memory you might research the subject at your local library. As far as testing for it... I have no idea where to find that out.
2006-07-25 07:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Winter Wolf 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I believe that we are either born with the capability of a photographic memory or that we are not. I do not think this is something that we can acquire in life. Some of us may have better memories that others, but to have a photographic memory, you need to be born with the capability.
2016-03-26 21:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is. You KNOW if you have a photographic memory. First of all, you remember things in images, and you remember a LOT MORE than the average person. I have a photographic memory, and can remember pages from textbooks that I had in the 1st and 2nd grade. I remember exactly what people look like, what signs I've passed on the interstate look like (down to the fine print), etc.
2006-07-25 07:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Olive from ANT farm.
Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory.
Both have photographic memories.
2016-07-07 12:36:45 · answer #4 · answered by Slytherin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. having a good memory doesn't mean that you have photographic memory though. a lot of people think they do but they don't. it's like haaving a camera as a mind. you can remember exactly what something looks like, like a page of text you can just remember the text without really reading it. it's pretty cool to see some people do it
2006-07-25 07:37:26 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
photographic memory vs. hypographic memory: photographic is u interpret more details through viewing when hypographic u just remember mainly things that rly stuck out in your mind.
2006-07-25 08:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by nathaniel_ward 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is, u will know if you have it cause u will remember everything you read....a girl in my high school had it, she proved it by reading our highschool phone book one night and the next day u could ask her anyones name in the book and she could give you there phone number, it was quite impressive but a little creepy at the same time
2006-07-25 07:34:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Some are born with it, however it can be developed by practice.
2006-07-25 07:40:46 · answer #8 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by testing it i guess
look at a big picture and try to see if you can remember everything on it
2006-07-25 07:32:47 · answer #9 · answered by Rajan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I have it. You remember by pictures. hint the photographic.
2006-07-25 07:33:33 · answer #10 · answered by Potathao 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋