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mnemonist  

Definition

  • A person with exceptional memory performance, usually through memory training and the use of memory aids.

Broader concept

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Entry terms

  • memory athlete
  • memory champion
  • superior memorist
  • superior memorizer
  • super memorizer

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brandt, J., & Bakker, A. (2018). Neuropsychological investigation of “the Amazing Memory Man.” Neuropsychology, 32(3), 304–316. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000410

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Ericsson, K. A., & Chase, W. G. (1982). Exceptional Memory: Extraordinary feats of memory can be matched or surpassed by people with average memories that have been improved by training. American Scientist, 70(6), 607–615.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Luria, A. R. (1968). The mind of a mnemonist: A little book, about a vast memory (L. Solotaroff, Trans.). Basic Books.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Mecacci, L. (2013). Solomon V. Shereshevsky: The great Russian mnemonist. Cortex, 49(8), 2260–2263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.007

    [Study type: historical study / Access: closed]
  • • Ramon, M., Miellet, S., Dzieciol, A. M., Konrad, B. N., Dresler, M., & Caldara, R. (2016). Super-memorizers are not super-recognizers. PLOS ONE, 11(3), e0150972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150972

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Santangelo, V., Macrì, S., & Campolongo, P. (2022). Superior memory as a new perspective to tackle memory loss. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 141, 104828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104828

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Stålhammar, J., Nordlund, A., & Wallin, A. (2015). An example of exceptional practice effects in the verbal domain. Neurocase, 21(2), 162–168. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2013.878727

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

In other languages

  • mnémoniste

    French

  • athlète de la mémoire
  • super mémorisateur

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-DGV9435D-R

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