The mind of a mnemonist
a little book about a vast memory
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Author
Publication
1987 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2737345M
- ISBN-100674576225
- OCLC Control Number14967506
- OCLC Control Numbermindofmnemonistl0000luri_j0k0
- Library of Congress Control Number86031847
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- Goodreads428157
- LibraryThing25289
Classifications
- DDC616.85/8
- LCCBF376 .L813 1987
Description
A welcome re-issue of an English translation of Alexander Luria's famous case-history of hypermnestic man. The study remains the classic paradigm of what Luria called 'romantic science,' a genre characterized by individual portraiture based on an assessment of operative psychological processes. The opening section analyses in some detail the subject's extraordinary capacity for recall and demonstrates the association between the persistence of iconic memory and a highly developed synaesthesia. The remainder of the book deals with the subject's construction of the world, his mental strengths and weaknesses, his control of behaviour and his personality. The result is a contribution to literature as well as to science. (Psychological Medicine ).
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