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The mind of a mnemonist : a little book about a vast memory

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Harvard University Press 1987 CambridgeDescription: xxv, 160pISBN:
  • 9780674576223
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.12 L974m
Summary: This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon―a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.
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153.1 J613m Mechanisms of memory 153.1 W727H HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY 153.12 H839h Human memory 153.12 L974m The mind of a mnemonist 153.12 M519 MEMORY 153.12 M51B MEMORY 153.12 N271H2 HUMAN MEMORY



Translated from the Russian by Lynn Solotaroff,
With a new foreword by Jerome S. Bruner.

This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon―a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.

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