Photographic memory? |
 Mar 3 2008, 12:41 AM
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Does anyone here think they have photographic memory, or know someone that has it?
I still haven't been sure how to define it. So I thought I should get some opinions before I decide that I have slight photographic memory. :P |
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Mar 3 2008, 06:30 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
You know, I'm reading this thread and thinking, do people really understand, I mean REALLY understand what photographic memory is?
Maybe, but here is what I think (and for the record, I'm sure I don't completely understand it either). My son has autism and as far as I can tell, has the closest to a photographic memory that I have ever personally witnessed. It explains (in part) why he experiences so much sensory overload. Think about it. If you were to literally remember everything you see, you would go out of your mind with all that sensory input. Your mind simply wouldn't know what to do with all the new "images" since you haven't even had a chance to process the last "image". It's sort of (SORT OF) like your computer running a bunch of programs and before a new program has a chance to finish launching you launch another program and so on and so on. Typically what will happen is your computer will crash or freeze. Guess what, theoretically, so would your brain. |
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Markster Photographic memory? Mar 3 2008, 12:41 AM
yrrnotelekktric I think i have slight phot. memory too. I mean, it... Mar 3 2008, 12:42 AM mlothepimp Well I don't have on for sure, but I never kne... Mar 3 2008, 12:44 AM Markster Ooh. I don't stand alone. ;]
Well my friend, ... Mar 3 2008, 12:45 AM
Fist QUOTE(Markster @ Mar 2 2008, 09:45 PM) Oo... Mar 3 2008, 01:03 AM agiri Edit: ^ Same. Hahahaha. But I can't actually s... Mar 3 2008, 12:45 AM kryogenix Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don... Mar 3 2008, 12:45 AM Markster QUOTE(kryogenix @ Mar 2 2008, 09:45 PM) E... Mar 3 2008, 12:47 AM stephinika QUOTE(kryogenix @ Mar 2 2008, 09:45 PM) E... Mar 3 2008, 12:55 AM Markster QUOTE(stephinika @ Mar 2 2008, 09:55 PM) ... Mar 3 2008, 12:58 AM ArjunaCapulong QUOTE(kryogenix @ Mar 3 2008, 12:45 AM) E... Mar 3 2008, 05:58 PM mlothepimp Well I can clearly remember the picture at the end... Mar 3 2008, 12:57 AM stephinika ^^
Lol, well I ranged from 3.81-4.0...in high scho... Mar 3 2008, 12:59 AM pandora lists and pictures. Mar 3 2008, 01:02 AM S-Majere I do, though nothing ever develops.
... Mar 3 2008, 05:58 AM ersatz Kind of...I can easily remember where my family pa... Mar 3 2008, 08:27 AM ProudLeechLover i have it.
when im RE-reading i can remember exac... Mar 3 2008, 09:39 AM shei I'm really good at remembering phone numbers. ... Mar 3 2008, 09:47 AM Insurmountable Nah, I don't think I do. I mean I pretty good ... Mar 3 2008, 10:07 AM paperplane If everyone of you thinks you sort of have photogr... Mar 3 2008, 01:39 PM SilentLaugh my memory is that of an elephants
...if elephants ... Mar 3 2008, 03:29 PM RockItStudios <extremely pointless ramble>
why yes, i do. ... Mar 3 2008, 06:18 PM Markster QUOTE(superstitious @ Mar 3 2008, 03:30 P... Mar 3 2008, 09:23 PM RockItStudios ^that summed it up amazingly.
but there are a few ... Mar 3 2008, 08:38 PM pandora Just for the record, your brain doesnt actually wo... Mar 3 2008, 11:25 PM superstitious I didn't intend for it to be taken literally. ... Mar 3 2008, 11:34 PM sparrowdust my bio teacher's son has photographic memory. ... Mar 4 2008, 12:05 AM pandora oh lol i was just saying that photographic memory ... Mar 4 2008, 12:34 AM gigiopolis Although, once I saw an autistic man on television... Mar 4 2008, 12:38 AM superstitious ^ That's sort of how it was with my son. He... Mar 4 2008, 12:40 AM Jennifer I sometimes do have a feeling that my memory is sl... Mar 4 2008, 01:40 AM Markster QUOTE(Jennifer @ Mar 3 2008, 10:40 PM) I ... Mar 4 2008, 01:48 AM Gryffindor-Girl I don't think I do. But allot of other people ... Mar 4 2008, 11:45 AM melodyus i think everyone has some type of photographic mem... Mar 4 2008, 12:03 PM freeridefight I believe I have it. When I was in elementary scho... Mar 6 2008, 09:32 AM |
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