Question

The two videos in this module feature two artists with extraordinary visual memory. But do they exhibit eidetic memory or photographic memory? What is the distinction? How would you expect their brains to differ from the brains of those without such extraordinary abilities?

Answer 1

Answer:

Photographic memory and eidetic memory are synonymous, which means that there is no distinction between them. Both dignify the same thing, so we can say that artists have eidetic memory, better known as photographic memory.

Explanation:

Eidetic and photographic memory are synonymous. This means that these two terms have the same meaning. Both report a person's ability to remember things that they have seen in great detail and come very close to perfection. Although it is impossible to have a perfect photographic memory, many people have an amazing visual memory, like the two artists seen in the video.

These people have a brain that has a much greater capacity (compared to people with common visual memory capacity) to maintain selected memories as long-term memories.