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by Anonymous on December 8th, 2006

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Have you ever known anyone with a photographic memory?

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  • by anonymous on December 8th, 2006

    anonymous

    My mum. It is crazy! She remembers every single aspect of everything! Conversations, what you were wearing, the time, the shadows on the bloody walls! I also have a memory sort of like this, and its very annoying

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  • by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on January 10th, 2012

    Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier

    Yes, my Sister used to when she was alive, but I actually have an auditory memory.

    I recognize new people I meet by voice (can't remember the name until I hear them speak) and remember almost every song I've heard in my life by heart.

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  • by Edelweiss on December 17th, 2006

    Edelweiss

    Photographic Memory is an unbelievable thing. I used to work in a restaurant, there was this little boy that used to come in with his parents, he was only 5. He had a photographic memory of every map, air plane schedule, train schedule, bus schedule. He could tell you how to get to any where in the WORLD, which train/bus/plane to take the departure/arrival times, the layover time. I once asked him how to get to Italy. He told me every single aspect. The most amazing thing I've ever heard/seen!

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  • by Drublic on December 10th, 2006

    Drublic

    I don't know anyone with a photgraphic memory, but my wife seems to remember every word I've ever said in every argument we've ever had.

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  • by AB-Eric on January 10th, 2012

    AB-Eric

    I have a photographic memory.

    Now if I can ever get the lens cap off, I will be all set.

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  • by sheenashark on December 10th, 2006

    sheenashark

    Yes, I gal I worked with. She was a horrible employee and rude to everyone. Really bad, she left us for a competing company and because she had a photographic memory, she remembered all of the customer information and tried to steal all of the customers. (then had the nerve to call me to help her company with a computer problem...some people!)

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  • by Fluffdragon on December 10th, 2006

    Fluffdragon

    I have one. But mine isn't as good as the people's you mention here. It's very useful for tests at school. I usually see a page before me and like read the words. Then I just put what I see on paper. I usually get the highest marks in class [brag].

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  • by WiseUser on December 8th, 2006

    WiseUser

    No, but It would be hard to photograph events in your own memory. Some people are gifted or have a lot of experience of having to photograph a memory in their mind.

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  • by JUSTNORMAL on December 8th, 2006

    JUSTNORMAL

    My brother, he is amazing. But scientists state now there is no such thing. Their theory is that some people have better recall and memories than others.

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  • by eddie1 on December 8th, 2006

    eddie1

    My friend Chico.-School was easy for him, he never had to study. He is a Lawyer now.

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  • by Chris on June 7th, 2008

    Chris

    Yes, I have one. I will remember the smallest detail, but forget the name!

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  • by Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard on April 7th, 2008

    Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard

    One of my best friends. He and I were in smarty classes together.

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  • by gtravels loves her life penguin on March 30th, 2008

    gtravels loves her life penguin

    No, but I know several people with a pornographic memory;)

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  • by Takei-Shihan on March 7th, 2008

    Takei-Shihan

    Yes.

    While in the military telecommunications, we were taught both speed reading and flash memory ... every time we went on duty, a guard would wave a page of codes, call signs, and radio frequencies at us for about a second, we would have to read and memorize it and then spend the day using only those codes, call signs, and frequencies.

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  • by angel on February 9th, 2008

    angel

    My eleven year old autistic son has a photographic memory and can even tell you things and dates of events, where we lived etc about things since he was about 6 mos old
    He can watch someone play a song and copy it perfectly etc and can play by ear also. He is amazing! Both mostly hes a nice guy and I love him alot!

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  • by doodlethenoodle on February 6th, 2008

    doodlethenoodle

    Photographic memory doesn't really exist, at least not naturally. Most people are probably referring to Eidetic memory, which is remembering mental images with unusual vividness or detail.

    I have Eidetic memory, which makes memorizing things like scripts an easy task. It also makes exams easy, basically I have to read the page in the textbook once and I can remember 98% of it word for word.

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  • by Amanda on February 6th, 2008

    Amanda

    I have phonographic memory and near photographic memory (doesn't really exist). With phonographic memory I can nearly always recount the exact phrases and words in a conversation. If I watch a movie twice I have about 98% of the dialog memorized. I have found that my photographic memory is usually limited to 2-Dimensional pictures. For example I can remember an actors face from a preview of a movie 8 years ago that I never actually saw and place them in a movie I am currently watching. My labels are also affected though in a strange way. I can remember the titles of movies and books and places that I have only heard of or read once, but can't put names to faces because of my 2-dimensional limitation.

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  • by jeanie16 on February 2nd, 2008

    jeanie16

    my son has a varyinig degree of a photographic memory, he is able to literally read a page of script, then almost word for word reverbalise it back. but he does not recall absolutely everything. It makes his learnign in school fairly easy.

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  • by blah king on January 16th, 2008

    blah king

    i have a photgraphic memory , flash memory,and life memory.

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  • by Scifisuz on July 13th, 2007

    Scifisuz

    A guy I used to work with. A very handy friend to have.

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  • by Chopsy the Diver on July 8th, 2007

    Chopsy the Diver

    I have a photographic memory! its quite a mad facility! Really comes in handy and i have got through exams purely because i can see the pages i have read when having to recall the info required!

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  • by Darkling on April 19th, 2007

    Darkling

    I don't remember.

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  • by -O-uknow on April 14th, 2007

    -O-uknow

    I've known people who have claimed to have "eidetic" memories. Close to perfect but not "photographic" which doesn't exist naturally.

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  • by HarleyQuinn on April 14th, 2007

    HarleyQuinn

    My teaching assistant from my English Lit class says that my memory is partly photographic. Ever since first grade, i never had to 'learn' my spellings, I just looked at the sheet once, and I always got full marks, I guess that's why I'm so bad at studying now lol, no practise! Also, you know how some people get certain things confused with others? Like they see a film, and think the actor in it was in something they'd seen before, but they really just looked like them, I was always the one correcting them, because I never had that problem. Also cars too, when people say 'ooh my mom has that car' and it's really just a very similar one. Yeah, I was always correcting them then too lol. I never really knew what it was, because when you're so used to something, you don't know any different, so I just expected everyone else had it, and the people who made the above mistakes were just stupid lol. That's why I never used it for tests, because I never knew I could, I was taught to learn it like everyone else, so I just did it that way. But now I know, it comes in pretty handy.

    The only weird thing though is the part about reading a book really fast, I can't do that, I actually have to read it properly, I read fast anyway, but I don't read a page in a few seconds. I guess everyone is different!

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  • by Nikkeh on January 14th, 2007

    Nikkeh

    yes, i definitley have photographic memory. i noticed i also read books a lot faster than others, and i dont miss a word.. i just scan the page for a few seconds and i know whats going on. i like it. ive gotten into so many arguments with teachers about it when i was in school because they accuse me of 'lying' about it.. as if thats something to lie about haahah like i really enjoyed finishing tests an hour before others did and sitting there doing absolutely nothing.

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  • by swabby429 on December 20th, 2006

    swabby429

    The former sports director at our radio station.

    He kept track of football, basketball and baseball players throughout their entire grade school and high school sports "careers".

    He'd meet kids in the 5th grade playing pickup basketball and remember their names, who their parents were and their non-sports interests...even as those interests changed as the kids grew up.

    He's an amazing guy. He'll remember your name and whatever you tell him just as soon as he meets you. You may not see him for over a year or more and he'll ask how your family members and friends are doing...by name and circumstance.

    I've asked how he does it. He says he doesn't know, it just happens spontaneously for him.

    swabby

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  • by Volt on December 20th, 2006

    Volt

    Yeah, They ran outta film....ha ha ha?

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  • by Firebrand on December 17th, 2006

    Firebrand

    I do tend to be able to remember script verbatum for examinations and briefs when required

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  • by tomsims on December 17th, 2006

    tomsims

    Yes - or nearly photographic memory. It doesn't always insure the ability to organize and process that information.

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  • by Kyle_luvr724 on December 17th, 2006

    Kyle_luvr724

    i probably have, and just dint know they had it:;)

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  • by Mr. McClister on December 17th, 2006

    Mr. McClister

    If I recall correctly, one Doogie Howser did have a photographic memory.

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  • by mac1896 on December 17th, 2006

    mac1896

    I knew a guy in RI that had, in 3 months, memorized the entire Bible. word. for. word.

    Including all the "begats".

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  • by guitarman18 on December 14th, 2006

    guitarman18

    Yeah,, My first mother-in-law!

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  • by Anonymous on December 14th, 2006

    Anonymous

    Yes, I have known a person who had one, and I have almost a photographic memory if I have seen something that really interests me. It has gotten worse as I aged, espcially because I take a pill that has some odd affect on my memory.

    It's an interesting talent, but can be abit unpleasant if you also remember all the negative things that have happened in your life. That is what bothers (ed) me about it. It's a double edged sword.

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  • by shelleyblue on January 11th, 2012

    shelleyblue

    Yeah, most women.

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  • by Long Shot on March 7th, 2008

    Long Shot

    I did but I've lost it.

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  • by Taxigringo on March 22nd, 2008

    Taxigringo

    Being a schizophrenic I used to have total auditory recall. I must be getting better because I can't remember every word I ever spoke or heard anymore.

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  • by Galeanda on March 22nd, 2008

    Galeanda

    Yes, almost like that people in Psych or Monk. One look and they could just recall all sorts of things. It was amazing.

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  • by Old School on January 10th, 2012

    Old School

    I turns out that having a truly eidetic memory (not just the ability to memorize the statistics of every major league baseball player for the past 30 years) is actually a disadvantage.

    The people, called mnemnomists in the psychology profession, tend to struggle with life because they cannot tell which of their memories are important and which are not.

    Part of what our memory system does is emotionally weight the stuff we remember so we can prioritize, and get rid of memories that we don't need.

    If every memory is equally accessible and approximately equally salient, it's very difficult to decide which memories to call upon, or how to use those memories to plan future actions.

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  • by Mrs_Queen_0507 on January 10th, 2012

    Mrs_Queen_0507

    Yes,myself.

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  • by Iceander on May 17th, 2011

    Iceander

    I've met several individuals who claimed they were, but failed miserable when put to the test.

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  • by 'Chengdu on January 10th, 2012

    'Chengdu

    The general manager at work has an uncanny memory for even the smallest details...but I would not call it "photographic".

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  • by BabyRottweiler on January 10th, 2012

    BabyRottweiler

    I have a photographic memory.

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  • by DudeLer on March 30th, 2008

    DudeLer

    I know two people with photographic memory. One is a mensa member. He is a complete failure at anything. He is too smart. The other person is a failure as well. He lives on the street and sleeps in a home built trailer. He can recite any page from any of the books he has read. He is too smart. He and the other person are misfits. One would think they would be smart enough to earn big salaries. Instead they are dependent instead of being independent. Its a curse, they say.

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  • by Vicki1 on April 7th, 2008

    Vicki1

    Yes my ex husband who seemed to remember every fault I had such as the odd fart or coming home late from slogging my guts out at work, yet he had permanent amnesia with regard to any of his horrible doings.

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  • by corbell on January 10th, 2012

    corbell

    CLICK...........no..........CLICK

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  • by Cruiser on January 10th, 2012

    Cruiser

    My wife and oldest son both have photographic memories thank God! My youngest has scary recall too!

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  • by Anonymous on January 10th, 2012

    Anonymous

    I don't remember

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  • by AndyP on January 10th, 2012

    AndyP

    I have one, however it has run out of film.

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  • by Iluvthehungergames on May 17th, 2011

    Iluvthehungergames

    Yes a guy in my class. He would take down notes and remember everything and not look at it again, and ace the test. Its amazing, :)

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