The ability to recall a past scene in detail with great accuracy – just like a photograph Photographic memory is the ability to recall a past scene in detail with great accuracy – just like a ...

We spoke to Professor Jon Simons, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, to try and get to the bottom of it. When we say “photographic memory”, what we usually mean ...

The term 'photographic memory' has long been used for people with an uncanny knack for remembering moments in life with absolute clarity, but is it really possible? Professor Maria Wimber from the ...

The term “photographic memory,”— also called eidetic memory — describes the ability to recall visual information by taking a quick mental snapshot that can be reviewed later. But ...