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Memory Search By A Memorist (Paperback)
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Memory Search By A Memorist (Paperback)
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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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