Nothing captures better the popular belief in "photographic memory" than the term eidetic imagery, although the latter hardly supports the exaggerated claims made for the former capacity. Photographic memory is the general claim that...

Cognitive theoretical distinction made in semiotics (of linguistic signs). The eidetic sense of a sign derives from its semantic relations to objects and states of affairs in the real world (i.e. its semantic function) as well as to other signs; it is...

1. Images in the mind that are imagined and unreal but which are so vivid that they are mistaken for reality. 2. The vivid recall of visual...

Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme accuracy and in abundant volume. The word eidetic (pronounced /aɪˈdɛtɨk/) means related to extraordinarily detailed and...

Byline: Jen Waters, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Many people would give anything to be able to take mental snapshots of life that could be recalled at any moment, but the idea of having a photographic memory is misunderstood, says Dr. Barry Gordon, professor...

You're losing it. One day you start to make a phone call, but the doorbell rings. Three minutes later you're back, staring down at the receiver and wondering who you were going to call-and why. You shrug it off. But then at the big...