photographic memory
Perfect mental snapshots
Photographic memory refers to the supposed ability to recall images, text, or other visual information with perfect accuracy, as if looking at a photograph.
Despite its popularity in fiction and casual conversation, cognitive science has found little evidence that true photographic memory exists in adults.
What people usually mean is an unusually strong visual memory or the ability to recall details vividly.
She has a photographic memory for faces but forgets names constantly.
Forming mental or graphical images
- mental imagesPictures formed in consciousness
- mind's eyeInternal visualization capacity
- total recallComplete, perfect remembrance
- picture-perfectVisually ideal, without flaw
Person of profound learning
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- brain functionNeural processing capacity
- mental capacityCognitive ability level
prodigy · gifted · neurological · cognitive science · brain imaging · intelligence
Act of getting back
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- rememberingRetaining past information
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
Continued holding or possession
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- mnemonicsTechniques to assist recall
concentration · exam preparation · cramming · information retention · speed reading
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- detailSingle small element
- clarityState of being understandable
specificity · meticulousness · verbatim · word-for-word · pixel-perfect · error-free
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
- mental imagesPictures formed in consciousness
- mind's eyeInternal visualization capacity
- total recallComplete, perfect remembrance
picture-perfect · indelible · imagery · vividness · mental snapshot
savant
Person of profound learning
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- brain functionNeural processing capacity
mental capacity · prodigy · gifted · neurological · cognitive science · brain imaging · intelligence
retrieval
Act of getting back
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- rememberingRetaining past information
retention
Continued holding or possession
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
mnemonics · concentration · exam preparation · cramming · information retention · speed reading
accuracy
Degree of correctness
clarity · specificity · meticulousness · verbatim · word-for-word · pixel-perfect · error-free
- memoryremember, forget, recall, recollect, retain
- memory phrasesring a bell, tip of tongue, slipped my mind, total recall, blast from past
- memory termsremembering, recollection, flashback, recall, reminiscence
- natural talentssinging, dancing, drawing, painting, athletics
- mental imagerymental image, mental picture, mind's eye, inner vision, visual imagery
- Visual Memory
photographic memoryamnesia
Pathological loss of recall
forgetfulness · poor memory · memory loss · memory impairment · anterograde amnesia
photographic memoryunreliable memory
false memory · confabulation · memory distortion · misremembering · fuzzy recollection
photographic memorycognitive impairment
Diminished intellectual function
mental deficiency · learning disability · intellectual disability · aphantasia
memory, photograph, memorial, memories, memorize, photos, photographer, photography, photographs