look at a big black letter for five seconds, now close your eyes and look at a blank sheet....
2007-03-17 05:54:41 · 3 answers · asked by dr.macgruder 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
IT SEEMS YOUR "EXPERIMENT" COULD WORK ON ANYONE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE ANY OTHER STIMULI, (EXTERNAL, AS WELL AS INTERNAL, INCLUDING THE MILLION-AND-ONE ITEMS ON THEIR THINGS-TO-DO LIST IN THEIR HEAD...) YOUR SUGGESTION SEEMS TO ME TO BE VISUAL OR PERCEPTUAL PHENOMENA, WHEREAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, I BELIEVE, IS A MENTAL PROCESS...OR AT LEAST WITH ME. I HAVE, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ALL MY LIFE IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. FOR ME, THIS WORKS FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THIS: I REVIEW AN INVENTORY LIST, MISPLACE IT, (OFTEN, EVERYTHING!LOL) BUT I CAN REMEMBER WHAT I SAW ON THE LIST & WRITE IT DOWN. OR REMEMBER YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE # THAT I BRIEFLY CHECKED BEFORE ACCEPTING YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR PAYMENT.
2007-03-17 06:29:02 · answer #1 · answered by JEWEL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a photographic memory and seeing optical impressions are not the same thing.
A photographic memory is seeing a picture or perhaps even a word (or sometimes as extreme as sentences/paragraphs, people's faces, etc.) and remembering (or having a 'familiarity') with that same image some time later. Even up to years later.
Optical impressions are due to a period of pupil focusing on a certain object, picture, or letter, then switching to a blank slate (like your paper) and seeing the same image. It's almost the same as flicking your eyes to a light, then turning it off. Colors would seem to 'imprint' your vision for a few minutes afterward. Quite temporary. But that doesn't mean you should stare at light bulbs (OR THE SUN) to see this same effect as it -IS- damaging to your eyes.
2007-03-17 13:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry, but nothing happened.
2007-03-17 13:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Blasto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋