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Memory Search By A Memorist (Paperback): Charles P. Thompson, Thaddeus M. Cowan, Jerome Frieman

Memory Search By A Memorist (Paperback)

Charles P. Thompson, Thaddeus M. Cowan, Jerome Frieman

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This book describes the first comprehensive experimental research program on an individual who exhibits exceptional memory. Rajan Mahadevan, the subject of these investigations, won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for reciting pi to 31,811 decimal places, can learn matrices up to size 20 X 20, and can produce memory spans above 60 for digits. Utilizing the methodology and theories of modern cognitive psychology, the authors systematically investigated Rajan's memory skills. A wide range of experiments and tests were conducted with Rajan and four control subjects. These include memory span tests for digits and letters, memory for various kinds of non-numeric information, tests of working memory, learning and retention of numeric matrices, memory and visual searches of the digits of pi, and lexical decision tasks with the digits of pi. The authors describe how they came to understand the way Rajan stored and now retrieves the decimal digits of pi, how he learns and retrieves matrices, and how he encodes and retrieves digits in a memory span task. Although his strategy for memorizing and retrieving digits is unique in the literature on people with extraordinary memory, the authors show how their investigations of Rajan contribute to our understanding of memory.

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Imprint: Psychology Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2015
First published: 1993
Authors: Charles P. Thompson • Thaddeus M. Cowan • Jerome Frieman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-87635-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Memory
LSN: 1-138-87635-6
Barcode: 9781138876354

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